While municipal debt owed by Eastern Cape municipalities to Eskom has more than doubled in two years, the Buffalo City Metro has assured its residents it will not default on its Eskom payments after revelations that it owes the power utility more than R300m.
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Those who lost everything in Sunday’s deadly storm spent the night sheltering in an East London community hall while officials co-ordinated disaster-response efforts. At least two people were killed and many others were left homeless as gale-force winds reaching up to 124km/h ripped off roofs, uprooted trees, caused power outages and left families homeless. Many areas were left without electricity and a school lost part of its roof.
More than 1,000 delegates will converge on the East London International Convention Centre when the ANC Women’s League in the Eastern Cape elects its provincial leadership this weekend.
Senior ANC leaders in the Amathole district municipality are said to be unhappy after the ruling party’s provincial leadership issued a directive instructing the caucus to support the appointment of a new chief financial officer (CFO) even though he faces corruption charges.