Middelburg High School’s SGB has closed the school indefinitely, citing the Eastern Cape Education Department’s failure to pay educators.
Kouga Municipality has approved urgent resolutions to unlock disaster relief funding after floods caused an estimated R170.3 million in damage.
Dr Phathiswa Sifuba-Makapela becomes Eastern Cape’s first locally trained chemical pathology specialist, improving rural lab turnaround times.
About 39 learners at Ekuphumleni Matric Revision Centre were hospitalised for vomiting and diarrhoea after suspected food contamination.
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality faces water supply issues, with gradual recovery expected as treatment plants resume operations and reservoirs refill.
Floodwaters have torn through towns, farms and rural communities in what may be remembered as one of the worst disasters in Kouga’s history.
Unprecedented flooding in the Gamtoos Valley has broken records at Kouga Dam, which surged from below 33% to overflowing in just 18 hours.
Police are seeking Lukhanyo Mekula to assist in investigating a mass shooting at Wells Estate, Gqeberha, where 3 people died and 6 were injured.
Oil residue and hazardous conditions remain on parts of the N2 near Kei Cuttings after an overturned tanker caused a major spillage overnight.
Experts have warned residents to avoid handling snakes washed ashore after recent Kouga floods left wildlife displaced and injured.