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One of Cwebeni village’s most senior citizens, 92-year-old Maswelekile Petshana, among the many village women living in poverty in dilapidated mud homes, has died without realising her dream of a proper house.
After a R1.4m facelift, Springbok 2023 World Cup rugby star Makazole Mapimpi’s Jim Mvabaza Senior Secondary School in Twecu, Tsholomnqa, was handed back to the community.
The former Walter Sisulu University student who gained notoriety for a two-month spending spree after the National Student Financial Aid Scheme erroneously credited her with R14m has since married, become a mother of two and is working to establish herself as a teacher.
It is almost impossible for homeless people to access state services, said Eastern Cape home affairs provincial manager Gcinile Mabulu.
Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani, who erroneously received more than R14m in her student account from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, will only know the verdict in her theft trial next year.