Seasoned politician Mlibo Qoboshiyane says former premier and ANC secretary-general hopeful Phumulo Masualle has what it takes to make his mark at national level. Masualle and his successor, premier and ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane, who is a deputy president candidate, will carry the hopes of the province in the battle for the top six positions at the party’s national elective conference at Nasrec, in Johannesburg, next week.
A new hostel built at a school for intellectually Impaired pupils in Mthatha will bring much-needed support and stability to the children and their families.
To avoid royal succession battles, AbaThembu senior traditional leader Nkosi Mfundo Bhovulengwe Mtirara publicly pronounced his four-year-old son as his successor during his wedding celebrations at the weekend. Guests at the three-day royal wedding witnessed the union of Mtirara, 50, head of AbaThembu of Matyengqina, and AmaHegebe’s Princess Buyiselwa Holomisa, 44, now known as Nkosikazi Nobandla Mtirara.