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Gunmen open fire on Wild Coast holidaymakers

A dream getaway to the Wild Coast in the former Transkei turned into a nightmare for a group of East London friends and their children after they came under attack by balaclava-clad gunmen who fired at their car. However, they managed to escape and drive to a police station where they opened a case.

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King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality announces ambitious rail plans

The King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality, the third-largest economy in the Eastern Cape, might have failed to become a metro, but municipal bosses this week announced grand plans to further bolster the local authority’s economy. Giving an administrative overview of the municipality during the first day of KSD’s mega strategic planning session at the Savoy Hotel and Conference Centre in Mthatha on Monday, municipal manager Ngamela Pakade revealed ambitious plans to revive a railway line betwee...

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KSD plans to become a metro thwarted

King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality mayor Nyaniso Nelani’s big dreams of turning his municipality into a metro in two years’ time have come crashing down.This after a proposal to incorporate another town and several municipal wards from two other local municipalities into KSD to form a category A municipality failed to convince the Municipal Demarcation Board.

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Extortion rackets add to crime-plagued Mthatha's woes

Business owners in Mthatha and surrounding towns are being threatened by extortionists who sometimes order them to cough up as much as R30,000 for “protection”.Police spokesperson Captain Welile Matyolo told the Dispatch this week that at least seven cases had been reported so far.

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Mthatha homeowners thrown municipal debt-relief lifeline

Ratepaying households in the urban areas of Mthatha and surrounding towns who are in arrears to the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) municipality for rates and services are being offered a 50% discount to clear their debt within six months.

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Airlink defends ticket prices for lucrative Mthatha route

Airlink might have been exploiting people in the Eastern Cape region — one of the country’s poorest areas — with its high flight ticket prices, the Competition Tribunal has heard.

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LISTEN | Load-shedding destroying our livelihoods, say desperate Mthatha business owners

With no end to load-shedding in sight, small business owners in Mthatha say not only have they had to contend with dwindling profits and fewer customers, but are forced to spend thousands of rand on fixing damaged equipment. Some have even gone so far as closing their businesses while repairs are carried out.

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BEHIND THE NEWS | Load-shedding burden becoming too much to bear

Trying to find a place to eat, shop or anything normal during the darkness that has befallen SA, thanks to Eskom, is proving to be a mission as many small businesses are buckling under the pressure of the erratic load-shedding. One of government’s favourite slogans is Vukuzenzele, which means “get up and do it yourself”, meant to encourage self-sufficiency.

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Declare Mthatha a crime disaster area — slain entrepreneur's family

The distraught family of slain entrepreneur Zwelinzima “PK” Dweba wants Mthatha to be declared a crime disaster area. They have also called on the government to develop a crime-prevention strategy tailor-made to put a stop to the spate of violent crimes in the town. “It is high time that Mthatha is declared a disaster area when it comes to crime,” family spokesperson advocate Sonwabile Mangcotywa said on Wednesday.

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'Mthatha has turned into a warzone'

King Sabata Dalindyebo municipal bosses and organised business have expressed concern at the escalating crime in Mthatha. This follows the fatal shooting recently of at least five people in two separate attacks by gunmen. The latest incident, which has rocked Mthatha citizens, took place on Sunday when three taxi operators, Jongikhaya Mapeyi and Luyolo Mvamve, both from Corhana, and Mziwakhe Mbuti Makhabane of Ntilini in Sibangweni, were shot and killed.

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