Mthatha Express
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Mthatha-born actress Zikhona Sodlaka received the Outstanding Actress Award at the 2026 Icons of Africa Awards, celebrating her impact on African storytelling.
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Walter Sisulu University has launched the Indigenous Health Systems Research Institute in Mthatha to advance Afrocentric healthcare research.
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Patients at Ngcizele Clinic in Centane say they are forced to sweep waiting areas and endure long waits as staff shortages leave only one nurse on duty.
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Willowvale chef and TikTok star Onezwa Mbola celebrates home, heritage and Xhosa cuisine in her bestselling debut cookbook, *A Food Love Story*.
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Two suspects have been arrested following the brutal killing of a 75-year-old woman in Ngcobo, with more arrests imminent.
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Dr Phathiswa Sifuba-Makapela becomes Eastern Cape’s first locally trained chemical pathology specialist, improving rural lab turnaround times.
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About 39 learners at Ekuphumleni Matric Revision Centre were hospitalised for vomiting and diarrhoea after suspected food contamination.
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Oil residue and hazardous conditions remain on parts of the N2 near Kei Cuttings after an overturned tanker caused a major spillage overnight.
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Dozens of communities across the Eastern Cape remain in the dark as technicians race to repair weather-ravaged electricity infrastructure.
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Mthatha attorney Vuyani Gwebindlala (57) has been sentenced for misappropriating R780 000 in trust funds linked to a 2008 property transaction.
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