Crucial infrastructure designed to supply clean drinking water to communities in some parts of the OR Tambo district is being targeted by vandals and thieves and in the process bleeding the district municipality’s coffers dry in repairs and replacements.
Audi South Africa has announced that travellers using the Bidvest Premier Lounges in the domestic departure terminals at OR Tambo and Cape Town International airports will now charge their media devices on mini-versions of the company's electric vehicle chargers.
In the shadow of the Eastern Cape’s education headquarters lies a badly dilapidated school that, despite its proximity to the department that funds and runs it, has been unable to have repairs done to properly serve its pupils. Xolani Senior Secondary School has among the worst infrastructure of the province’s schools its buildings are horribly run down and it lacks proper sanitation facilities.
One of the OR Tambo International Airport workers arrested during a drug trafficking investigation by the Hawks is employed in the safety department while another works in the electrical maintenance department.
KSD mayor Nyaniso Nelani, who made a shocking discovery when he and his team stumbled upon hazardous medical waste dumped in one of the busy streets in Mthatha last week, has vowed to take action against those responsible.