The distraught mother of Reuben Le Roux, a 15-month-old Gonubie toddler who was mauled to death recently by a neighbour’s pit bull, fully supports calls for the banning of the breed. Reuben’s death rocked the country, with mounting calls for a ban on pit bulls in SA. Maryke van der Mescht, 37, of Hollows Farm, on Friday said her family was devastated by the sudden death of Reuben late last month.
People in the Eastern Cape have endured water outages all year and now there are fears that, with load-shedding devastating water pumping operations, more outages could discourage tourists from visiting the province and bringing with them a much-needed holiday cash injection.
The October 13 ADM council decision to “please” striking employees by approving their long-anticipated salary increases, has come back to haunt the broke municipality.