Enoch Mgijima Municipality wants to interdict Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and two MECs from interfering with the municipality’s mandates. The council’s debts are spiralling, allegedly as a result of the province’s decision to put it under administration.
Despite straining budgets leading to stationery and scholar transport hitches and the province struggling to accommodate a growing number of pupils, the first day of school on Wednesday in the Eastern Cape was, generally, a success.
After more than five years of drought, some parts of the Eastern Cape were happy to receive rain but heavy storms have cost many lives and destroyed homes and roads. After more than five years of drought, some parts of the Eastern Cape were happy to receive rain, but heavy storms cost many.
Mabuyane has urged residents of the province together with those who will be returning from other provinces and elsewhere to maintain a steadfast compliance to basic non-pharmaceutical interventions, while helping to contain the spread of the virus and minimize the rate of new infections.