From forfeiting R100m while schools are in dire need of infrastructural upgrades to an uproar over a UAE delegation landing at Bulembu Airport, there was never a dull moment in 2023 in the Eastern Cape’s political and administrative affairs. The Dispatch is looking back at the year that was, reflecting on some of the topical issues that had set the news agenda for the province.
According to the police, officers from the Chatty SAPS in Nelson Mandela Bay approached three men on Saturday morning when the men fled, opening fire on the officers in the process.
A R416m state-of-the-art oncology unit is being built at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha to serve cancer patients from the entire eastern side of the province. The facility is expected to be completed by November 2025 and will offer radiotherapy, intracavitary brachytherapy, radioactive iodine and paediatric oncology services.
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