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Butterworth vocalist releases gqom EP
Vocalist and music composer, Samora, has gifted her music fans with dance tunes for the festive season, following the release of her seven-track gqom music EP, titled The Rise of Samora.
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ECMAS finalist in final push for public votes
Gospel artist, actor, and church pastor, Dr Yongama Mrwetyana, is hoping that 2021 will be third time lucky for him at the sixth annual Eastern Cape Music Awards (ECMAS), after his previous two nominations in 2017 and 2018 did not…
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Foundation plans to keep children off the street
THE founder of Finch Street Productions, Philile Rwaxa, from Mdeni location in Mthatha, has collaborated with the Lalini Foundation to start an arts development with the aim of exposing young people to different careers that are suitable for learners
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Master’s graduate (75) hopes to make difference in education system
Walter Sisulu University saw a 75-year-old student graduate for a Master’s Degree in Education during the spring graduation ceremony, on November 16, in Mthatha.
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Honour for late ‘Aunt Laura’
President Cyril Ramaphosa has bestowed on the late, well-known philanthropist, community development champion, nurse, and businesswoman, Laura Brittomat Gugulethu Mpahlwa, affectionately known as Aunt Laura, the Order of Luthuli in Silver, for her co
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Company donates text books to KwaBacha schools
The members of the company, We Solve for X, have donated career textbooks to three schools in KwaBacha (formerly known as Mount Frere), with the aim of helping learners to prepare for their futures.
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Petrol attendant gets a law degree from UFH
Despite working a 12-hour shift a day for four days a week, a determined Siphenkosi Nqoro (29), who works as a petrol attendant at a filling station in Mdantsane, has overcome the odds and obtained an LLB degree from the…
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Man accused of murdering his wife denied bail
The Butterworth Magistrate’s Court, on November 17, refused bail to Yibanathi Ndema (43), who is charged with premeditated murder and defeating the end of justice.
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Newly elected KSD Municipality council sworn in
The King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) municipal council has re-elected Councillor Nyaniso Nelani as its executive mayor for the next five years at its special inaugural council meeting held at Mthatha Town Hall on November 22.
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Government forecasts ailing tea estates to break-even by 2024
Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Nonkqubela Pieters, has expressed confidence that Magwa-Majola Tea Estates in Lusikisiki and Port St Johns will reach break-even point and reduce their reliance on government bailouts by 2024.
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