Though infrastructure for taps to supply drinking water in Ngunduza village in Centane was completed more than a decade ago, villagers have been without supply for the past three years. A small stream with murky, stinking water is the only source of water Nosiphelo Debe and other villagers have access to.
With campaigning gaining momentum before the hotly contested May 29 election, two political parties in the Eastern Cape have ruffled the feathers of taxi bosses after reportedly failing to cough up for ferrying members to their rallies. The EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe are entangled in pay disputes which have left operators frustrated.
Eastern entrepreneurs of Phanda Mzansi, a nonprofit organisation aimed at uplifting the community, understand the struggles of small enterprises to the extent they have started educating, empowering, and providing funding assistance to local establishments.
Several senior Eastern Cape ANC MPLs will not return to the legislature after being left off the party’s provincial candidate list for the 2024 general election. The IEC released the final candidate lists for parliament and the nine provincial legislatures on Wednesday. Seasoned politicians who did not make the cut include former health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) provincial chair Mxolisi Dimaza, transport portfolio committee chair Xolani Malamlela and .
Frustrated and desperate residents of Gxarha (formerly Morgan Bay) and Kei Mouth had to take matters into their own hands to bring back water and lights to some parts after being without the essential services for almost a week.Several towns in the Eastern Cape, including the two towns, were left without electricity for days after a storm caused damage to Eskom infrastructure last Monday.