Police have recovered nearly 300 suspected stolen livestock animals in the O R Tambo district in less than three weeks. Provincial police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni confirmed that 121 cattle, 111 goats, 57 sheep, and eight horses had been recovered in the district during a multi-disciplinary cross-border operation from February 19 to date.
Mbizana leader suspended after couple sexually shamed in front of villagers Lulamile Feni > By Lulamile Feni - 27 February 2021 - 08:20 Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha. Image: FILE
A senior traditional leader in Mbizana has been suspended for forcing a woman and a man accused of adultery to have sex in full view of the village, including the woman’s husband.
The alleged incident happened in 2016 but was only recently brought to the attention of authorities.
Co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Xolile Nqatha confirmed placing the traditional leader on precautionary suspension in terms of section 32 (1) of the Eastern Cape Traditional Leadership Act 1 of 2017.
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As Makhanda entered a week without water on Wednesday 24 February, the municipality said the electrical infrastructure used to monitor the reservoir levels at the Botha’s Hill reservoir had been vandalised overnight and this was preventing it from supplying water to at least part of the town.
Municipal workers found extensive damage at the Botha’s Hill reservoir in Makhanda when they went to open the water this morning. (Picture: Supplied)
The municipality said the damage to the reservoir fence, electric fence and telemetry system was discovered when workers went there to “open the water”.
But Gift of the Givers’ Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said he had heard that excuse too many times over the last two years.
The Eastern Cape taxi industry wants the government to intervene in a brewing storm after the brutal killing of three taxi owners at Ngqamakhwe taxi rank on Sunday. Speaking to DispatchLIVE (http://www.idpstchlive.co.za) on Monday, SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) provincial chair Lungiswa Mabhija said they were still reeling from a shooting incident in Butterworth last week that left one taxi driver dead.