A high court bid by three Eastern Cape government departments to have two decade-old judgments rescinded has failed leaving them on the hook for a R41m damages award to architectural firm Ikamva plus an estimated R110m in interest. The legal circus has dragged on for more than 16 years since the provincial departments of public works and health bungled the awarding of the 2003 architectural contract for the upgrade of Frere Hospital.
While the rest of SA experiences a severe egg shortage, five rural Eastern Cape women who run their own egg-producing co-operative say they are ready to step in and save the day at least in their hometown Mthatha and its surrounds. Ikamva Le Ncise Primary Co-operative was founded in 2017 by Ncise villagers Kholeka Maliphale, her daughter Faith Maliphale, who acts as treasurer, daughter-in-law Gcotyiswa Maliphale and their neighbours Fikiswa Dube and Thulisa Gxagxisa.
In the wake of a fatal stabbing at a student village in Gqeberha 10 days ago, Nelson Mandela University (NMU) students have voiced concerns about deteriorating security conditions at residences and the emergence of an illicit liquor market which, they say, has fostered an environment for violence.
A sombre air hung over Hompe Street, in KwaNobuhle, as residents paid their final respects to one of the neighbourhood’s favourite sons after he drowned in raw sewage where a faulty drain had been dug up and left exposed.