Police have apprehended an armed suspect after two separate farm attacks on Thursday and Friday rocked the close-knit community of Brakfontein, outside East London.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has told mayors they need to face reality and step up to ensure that the promises made to South Africans in 1994 became a reality.
Families of those who lost their lives and some of those injured during the Bhisho Massacre 30 years ago, had to be persuaded to attend the annual commemoration event on Wednesday because the government was being so slow in addressing some of their challenges.
A man, in his late 20s, named as a witness due to testify against a vigilante group accused of beating another man to death, has been found shot dead, with his 26-year-old girlfriend’s dead body dumped alongside him. Eastern Cape police have launched a 72-hour activation plan in a bid to track down the killers of the Mdantsane couple, who were apparently kidnapped from their home at NU2 and later shot execution style.
The long turnaround time for provincial ambulances to be serviced or repaired at government garages has been flagged as a key cause of the shortage of ambulances, and the failure by emergency services teams to respond on time. Sometimes such delays have dire consequences and people lose loved ones while waiting for an ambulance for hours on end.