Residents of the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast have pleaded with president Cyril Ramaphosa and premier Oscar Mabuyane to save their coastline from pollution.They said the government should intervene instead of focusing on “smart cities and national projects” because they were in danger due to “contamination” of the coastline.
A gravely ill 12-year-old boy, who was vomiting blood and had a swollen body, had to be flown to hospital in an emergency medical services helicopter after an ambulance that was taking him to a local clinic in rural Mbizana was not able to reach the facility due to a community protest on Wednesday.
Child-headed families in the Eastern Cape are battling to make ends meet, with older siblings having to step in to play the role of parents to younger ones, while the children’s performance at school also often suffers.
ANC Eastern Cape chair Oscar Mabuyane has urged newly elected provincial executive committee members to hit the ground running.Daniswa Mafumbatha, Nomamfengu Siyo-Sokutu, Wongama Gela and Nozandile Mhlola were elected to the PEC at the party’s provincial general council (PGC) in East London this week.
He might have received a backlash for Eskom’s failure to deal with load-shedding, but President Cyril Ramaphosa proved that he still enjoys huge support in the Eastern Cape after he was given a raucous welcome when he visited Nkantolo village in rural Mbizana on Wednesday. Ramaphosa was in the area to officially hand over a new preschool in Nkantolo, the birth village of the ANC’s longest serving president, Oliver Reginald Tambo.