Mthatha’s main gravesite, known as Sutton Cemetery or KwaSeteni, near the Mbuqe Park residential area about 5km outside town, has turned into an eyesore, with some of the graves covered in grass and weeds.
The ANC had an easy win in a low-turnout Mthatha by-election in which the EFF also made inroads in the ward. It was a tough night for Bantu Holomisa’s United Democratic Movement which finished way off the pace in a ward where it came second in 2021.