Three young musicians from Qonce are determined to leverage the opportunities presented by the province’s heritage sites to create jobs and help fight unemployment in rural areas.
After a delay of about 10 years, the Mnquma municipality’s driving licence testing centre is finally taking off. The construction of the centre, in Msobomvu township in Butterworth, was delayed by a legal wrangle between the municipality and the initial service provider. An amount of R5m was spent by the municipality with the initial contractor, but it could not be accounted for because the construction was never completed.
The year 2022 marks a century since the death of Reverend John Knox Bokwe in 1922. In addition to being a celebrated hymn writer, an enthusiastic singer and a choirmaster, he was a diligent clerk who assisted with the publication of Lovedale’s The Kaffir Express (Isigidimi) magazine in the 18.