In the bulletin released by the CWC late Thursday concerning reservoir storage levels across various regions of India, it was reported that 42 reservoirs under CWC monitoring in the southern region have a total live storage capacity of 53.334 BCM (billion cubic meters).
Premier Oscar Mabuyane has ordered the Buffalo City Metro to sort out its infamous billing system and service delivery issues which have irked residents. Mabuyane intervened after protesters disrupted the handover of the newly constructed Sophathisana Senior Secondary School in Reeston, East London, by the premier and education MEC Fundile Gade this week.
As President Cyril Ramaphosa promised five million jobs to Eastern Cape residents, hundreds of workers protested over the Expanded Public Works Programme he was touting.
The East London high court this week granted the Buffalo City Metro an interdict against the planned protest action at the city hall. This came after irate ratepayers threatened to shut down municipal offices, including that of mayor Princess Faku, on Tuesday morning amid a standoff over debt write-off, incorrect billing, illegal connections and service delivery issues.
East London’s crime-fighting forum has rejected the Eastern Cape government’s criteria for employing community patrollers who will receive stipends for the next two years to fight crime in Buffalo City. This is despite community safety and transport MEC Xolile Nqatha announcing that the government intends to hire 600 community patrollers by integrating members of the community policing forums.