Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth has underlined the role of traditional health practitioners in modern health spaces, saying indigenous African knowledge systems, healing methods and traditional medicines are as important as lab-produced Western medication to heal people.
For over 30 years, Zolisile Marwanqana, better known as Sweet Mama, has been constantly nourishing young talent in the performing arts, sports and life skills going so far as to use his social grants to fund his programmes.Since 1989, the 63-year-old multitalented patriot of Nqadu village near Willowvale has been developing young talent.
The Mbhashe municipality has come under fire for hiring a senior manager who has a pending case against her. Misiwe Mpahlwa, was hired last week by the municipal council as a senior manager, municipal operations.
Those who lost everything in Sunday’s deadly storm spent the night sheltering in an East London community hall while officials co-ordinated disaster-response efforts. At least two people were killed and many others were left homeless as gale-force winds reaching up to 124km/h ripped off roofs, uprooted trees, caused power outages and left families homeless. Many areas were left without electricity and a school lost part of its roof.
Eastern Cape municipalities set to benefit from billions allocated by the national government for key water projects in the province have vowed to pull out all the stops to meet spending targets and ensure no funds are returned to the National Treasury at the end of the financial year.