The AmaMpondomise kingdom hosted a ceremony to celebrate and honour one of their sons, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, in an exuberant and traditional event held in Qumbu at the weekend. Mbalula’s ANC comrades, traditional leaders and members of the business community attended the two-day event held on Friday and Saturday at Kroza Great Place and Mvumelwano village in Qumbu.
Thousands of households in water-stressed areas of the Eastern Cape are set to benefit from a water provisioning initiative by the Amatola Water Board. The programme will benefit 120,000 households a day who live in rural parts of the province. In a bid to ensure water security in rural areas, the state-owned water utility is appointing service providers to supply, deliver and install 600 rainwater tanks to the Eastern Cape’s six kingdom palaces.