Traditional leaders have demanded a special police investigation into allegations that assaults and torture of initiates in Matatiele, Mount Fletcher and Lady Grey in the Joe Gqabi district are being hidden.
After unfulfilled promises spanning decades, the construction of the multibillion-rand Umzimvubu Water Project is well under way, with the first phase of the work more than 80% complete. But residents of the OR Tambo, Alfred Nzo and Joe Gqabi district municipalities will have to wait for about six years before they can access water from the project.