While the court will decide on Friday if a council meeting goes ahead to oust Nelson Mandela Bay’s top political leaders, the Northern Alliance has emerged as the biggest winner in the new coalition negotiations.
Residents at Ekuphumleni Old Age Home in Eastern Cape are “fearing for their lives” after a staffer was allegedly raped during a burglary at gunpoint on Sunday 11 April.
The two attackers forced their way into the Ekuphumleni Home for the Aged at around 1:00 and subsequently crossed paths with the employee. The staffer was held at gunpoint and raped by the men.
The old age home – which accommodates sixty residents – is based in the Zwide township in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. This is understood to be the first incident of this nature at the home in nearly 40 years and has left the elderly residents at the home traumatised.
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The Eastern Cape matric class of 2020 achieved a pass rate of 68.1% an 8.3 percentage point drop from 2019 s 76.5%. ..
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Bleak year ahead for Eastern Cape schools with budget slashed PREMIUM By Gugu Phandle - 07 January 2021
Many Eastern Cape schools will operate on blind faith when their doors open at the end of January due to the dramatic budget cuts made to the education sector.
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