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Litter-plagued Mthatha getting more concrete bins

In keeping with mayor Nyaniso Nelani’s dream of turning Mthatha into another Kigali, the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) municipality is buying 100 additional dustbins for the Eastern Cape town. Though many Mthatha streets already have dustbins, residents and businesses have called for more to keep the town centre clean.

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JUSTICE MALALA | Sabata Dalindyebo must be spinning in his grave

Our politicians, and the ANC in particular, have lost their moral and ethical compasses. They are here to grab power by any means necessary so that they can continue to loot

South-africa , Transkei , Eastern-cape , Cape-town , Western-cape , Sabata-dalindyebo , King-sabata-jonguhlanga-dalindyebo , Sabata-jonguhlanga-dalindyebo , World-war , Sunday-times , Comment-policy

What did we fight for again?

In late 1989 I joined a group of students on a trip from Cape Town to what was then the Transkei homeland, now part of the Eastern Cape. We travelled all night, arriving at our destination on the morning of October 1, bleary-eyed but excited. We sang, we met old friends, we talked, and we toyi-toyied. We were there to bury “Comrade” King Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo, deposed Paramount Chief of the AbaThembu. It was his second burial.

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Partying back home

Hogarth was surprised by the company AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo preferred for the celebration of his 60th birthday in the Eastern Cape

South-africa , Sabata-dalindyebo , Buyelekhaya-dalindyebo , Helen-zille , Eastern-cape , Blue-wave , World-war , Sunday-times , Comment-policy , Hogarth , Busisiwe-mkhwebane

Joy as revamped Kwa-Ntozonke market opens in Mthatha

Nolubabalo Mzayiya’s life story will always be intertwined with the history of one of Mthatha’s most famous landmarks, the Kwa-Ntozonke Market Centre. As a young girl, she and her four siblings would often join their mother who sold vegetables and fruit at the historic facility back in the 1970s.

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Bloody Easter weekend on Eastern Cape roads as 25 confirmed dead

Twenty-five people were killed and many others injured inroad accidents in the EasternCape over the Easter weekend. Dozens of people were arrested in Buffalo City Metro and King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality for offences ranging from drunk driving and obstruction, to driving an unlicensed motor vehicle, jumping a red traffic light, overloading and driving without a valid driver’s licence.

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Half of Mthatha's buildings not safety compliant, crisis meeting hears

Under-fire King Sabata Dalindyebo municipal bosses have admitted that 50% of the buildings in Mthatha were not compliant with health and safety regulations and standards. And despite several buildings going up in smoke under mysterious circumstances since 2021, the municipality has also admitted it does not have a bylaw on fire prevention.

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Devastating blaze rips through buildings, police vehicles in Mthatha

Fire swept through three buildings and four police vehicles in Mthatha at the weekend, destroying the offices of several law firms, part of the Madeira police station and a string of shops. The Elphil Properties building which houses Home City China Best Price and Dunns Clothing Store as well as the neighbouring five-story Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) building at York Road were affected.

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Demarcation board's scathing verdict on 'dysfunctional' KSD revealed

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.

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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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