Local and multinational companies operating in East London are so worried about the devastating impact of load-shedding in their operations that they are proposing a voluntary switching off of electricity for 24 hours per week instead of scheduled blackouts. The situation is so dire that businesses fear the outages might cause their collapse, leaving thousands without jobs.
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The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) in Eastern Cape wants the provincial Department of Health to beef up security at hospitals following the killing of an on-duty nurse on Christmas day.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Eastern Cape joins today’s multi-stakeholders march that highlights the plight of women in a patriarchal society manifesting itself as Gender Based Violence. Incidents of Gender based Violence are on the rise in our province and recently OR Tambo district has become a hot bed of these incidents in that part of the province. Recently, the spotlight has been on the gruesome gunning down of Namhla Mtwa in a hail of bullets. A string of her photos bear testimony to the ordeal she suffered allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend.