At least 14 people are confirmed to have died as a result of the flash floods that hit the Eastern Cape at the weekend.On Monday, Buffalo City residents were removing rubble from yards and streets, drying up soaked belongings, and even collecting human remains unearthed from graves by the floodwaters.
The bankrupt Amathole District Municipality, which needed a R180 million government bailout to pay four months' salary to its bloated 1 670 workforce, has now advertised a position for a political advisor to the mayor - with an annual salary of R1.5 million.
The mayor of the OR Tambo district municipality in Mthatha, Thokozile Sokhanyile, has been fired over allegations of incompetence, protecting a corrupt official and lacking leadership.
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An Eastern Cape municipality mayor has been suspended after his office allegedly awarded a R65 000 municipal bursary to his son to study at Wits University.