The sale of Rebosis properties including Hemingways Mall in East London and Bay West Mall in Gqeberha will only take place after the final purchaser's selection on July 27.
The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest provinces with a high unemployment rate and a growing number of homeless people. Women and children suffer the most. Desperate homeless people, including mothers and children, scour dumps for food or stand at traffic lights begging. The government’s social grants are not enough and NGOs play a big role in providing food, healthcare and education.
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) in Fort Beaufort is calling for an urgent reopening of the Washington Bongco and Newtown libraries that have been closed since the start of Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns by the Raymond Mhlaba local municipality.