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Despite the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality boasting the third-largest economy in the Eastern Cape, it has been branded “currently financially and administratively dysfunctional”. The municipality also has a low population density and limited economic development and comprises about 90% traditionally rural areas. ....
UDM councillor Zakheni Nondaka, who has become a fierce voice against the alleged looting of resources in the ANC-led Mhlontlo municipal council, has escalated his fight against corruption to co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Thembi Nkadimeng. Over the years, Nondaka, has accused those in power of systematic looting and has on several occasions written to the office of the Eastern Cape co-operative governance MEC to intervene. ....
The tarring of a 14km hard gravel stretch linking the state-of-the-art Sipetu Hospital in rural Ntabankulu to the N2 is set to be completed by 2026.This after Eastern Cape transport MEC Xolile Nqatha announced a new contractor to take over the project on Thursday. ....
The Eastern Cape Human Rights Commission has been forced to subpoena officials from the OR Tambo district municipality and Transnet to an inquiry into the state of the province’s roads, after Transnet and municipal officials were no-shows at a hearing in November.The representatives were forced to appear before the commission in East London on Monday. ....
After unfulfilled promises spanning decades, the construction of the multibillion-rand Umzimvubu Water Project is well under way, with the first phase of the work more than 80% complete. But residents of the OR Tambo, Alfred Nzo and Joe Gqabi district municipalities will have to wait for about six years before they can access water from the project. ....