A R416m state-of-the-art oncology unit is being built at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha to serve cancer patients from the entire eastern side of the province. The facility is expected to be completed by November 2025 and will offer radiotherapy, intracavitary brachytherapy, radioactive iodine and paediatric oncology services.
The death toll for this year’s summer initiation season has risen to 31, eight more than the 23 recorded during the entire season last year and there are still three weeks to go.
“I want that smart city.”That was premier Oscar Mabuyane’s message to finance minister Enoch Godongwana when he addressed senior provincial and national government officials at the Eastern Cape government’s year-end function hosted at the East London ICC on Wednesday night.
With people expected to stream into Mthatha over the holiday season, the authorities have promised to do everything in their power to keep everyone safe.
The first SA Airways (SAA) flight from Johannesburg to Gqeberha in almost four years, landed to much fanfare at Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on Wednesday.