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With campaigning gaining momentum before the hotly contested May 29 election, two political parties in the Eastern Cape have ruffled the feathers of taxi bosses after reportedly failing to cough up for ferrying members to their rallies. The EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe are entangled in pay disputes which have left operators frustrated.
On an otherwise strong night for the ANC where it won back two seats from independents, and posted significant improvements in a rural KwaZulu-Natal and a rural Eastern Cape contest, the party lost a seat to the IFP in Mthonjaneni. The IFP had good returns in the two marginal seats it was defen...
Several shacks at the Mountainview informal settlement, home to many migrant workers, were burnt down.
“How can we be called foreigners in our land?” asks migrant worker from Lusikisiki
About 400 seasonal workers were forcefully evicted from their homes by local residents in Hankey in the Eastern Cape. This followed violent clashes at an informal settlement near the town last week. About 400 seasonal workers were forcefully evicted from their homes by local residents in Hankey...