A bus caught fire on the N2 between East London and Butterworth on Wednesday afternoon. Provincial transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose said no-one was injured. Binqose said the bus was carrying three passengers when the incident happened. “The bus was travelling from Butterworth towards the Kei Bridge when its brakes caught fire,” Binqose said.
The violence and intimidation against long-haul bus operator Intercape was a deliberate stratagem of extortion by the taxi industry, Intercape’s lawyers argue. Intercape has resorted to the Makhanda high court in desperation after being subjected to what it termed intolerable and unprecedented acts of intimidation and violence at the hands of the taxi industry, with the Eastern Cape forming the “epicentre” of hostilities.
An Eastern Cape teacher honoured for excellence in teaching mathematics at the National Teaching Awards run-up event, says knowing she is able to change the lives of young children inspires her to succeed. The event was held at East London’s Osner Hotel by the department of education last week.
Once hives of employment in the former Transkei and Ciskei, many of the Eastern Cape Development Corporation’s industrial units are in ruins, with vandals having stripped away anything of value and making the Eastern Cape government’s promise of revitalising them just a pipe dream.