Enoch Mgijima municipality is just one of many municipalities in South Africa that does not pay its electricity bill. Municipalities across the country owe Eskom about R50-billion.
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has served the Razzmatazz tavern in Hofmeyr with a notice to close after three patrons two of them underage girls died on Christmas Day.
The Eastern Cape ANC’s lobby team has been hard at work in the past two days meeting leaders from other provinces in order to find “common ground” for its preferred top six leadership. A delegate from the Dr WB Rubusana region told the Dispatch the provincial lobby team has managed to “reach agreement” with Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and the Western Cape.