Eastern cape
EC man handed life term for killing ex-girlfriend
Masonwabe Njarha started calling and sending Hombakazi Gaga messages threatening to kill her, prompting her to report the situation to the police.
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EC woman arrested for illegally selling electricity for R300,000
An Eastern Cape woman is the latest person to be arrested for selling power for R300,000.
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EC MKMVA raises concerns over national leadership, wants end to military uniform
The provincial executive committee, in a statement, raised concern over the association being used by 'dishonest figures' seeking to score political points.
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Brown locust outbreak hits Chris Hani, Sarah Baartman districts in EC
One hundred and twenty-seven farms have been affected in Middelburg Cape, Graaff-Reinet, Aberdeen, Cradock, Nieuethesda, Pearston and Jansenville.
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EC DA wants urgent action to address rising number of farm attacks in province
The Addo area has been the scene of 14 out of the province's 74 farm attacks that occurred during the 2019/20 fiscal year.
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EC government to discipline officials who plagiarised ICT strategy
The Eastern Cape provincial executive council has withdrawn the provincial ICT strategy document after it came to light that large parts of it were copied word for word from a presentation in Australia.
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Eastern Cape families drink from drains as water trucks break down
Three out of four water trucks in the Eastern Cape town of Dutywa are in for repairs.
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PE Day Zero: Staff and inmates at St Albans prison scramble for water
Large water tanks are emptied in a matter of hours, says community leader.
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YONELA DIKO: EC crisis: municipal management needs water efficiency KPIs
The idea that municipal management can sit back and watch their water infrastructure disintegrate without consequence can no longer be tolerated, writes Yonela Diko.
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Life sentence for child rapist highlights spate of child attacks in EC
Attacks on children have been thrust into the spotlight in the Eastern Cape this week.
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700 residents have 1 litre of water per day in Eastern Cape village
“We are pleading with anyone who can assist us … before we all die.”
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Centane man convicted of raping girl (11) handed 20-year sentence
The 25-year-old man attacked the child in the Gqunqe village, in the Eastern Cape, in January last year.
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EC Premier Mabuyane urges Ngcobo residents to stand together against crime
Mabuyane visited the Ngxogi community outside the town on Saturday.
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Woman fatally shot by husband inside police station in Mthatha
The shooting occurred inside the Madeira police station in Mthatha on Monday afternoon.
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EC police welcome life sentence to man who murdered woman on maternity leave
Sizwe Jika (28) was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth High Court this week for Kelly Bain’s murder in 2018.
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Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend at a school in Mthatha to reappear in court
Noloyiso Gengqa was gunned down at the Mandleni Secondary School in the early hours of Monday morning.
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DA welcomes court ruling declaring a NMB mayor be elected in 7 days
Port Elizabeth High Court Judge Irma Schoeman ruled in favour of the party’s urgent court application on Thursday.
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Ipid confirms arrest of EC SAPS officer for statutory rape
The official was taken into custody on Thursday after investigators started probing the matter two weeks ago.
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24 people murdered in ongoing family feud: 'The killings happen non-stop'
The village falls under the authority of Mandla Mandela, Madiba’s grandson and tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council.
