Residents of the Mpeko administrative area in Mthatha who have been forced to drink dirty water from dams and rivers for months, have accused OR Tambo district municipal bosses of putting their lives at risk.
Kulanathi High School in Sikhobeni, the village of horror in Bhityi, has had several burglaries this year losing tablets, projectors, TVs and sports kit worth at least R500,000.
In a suspected act of vigilantism, two men, one believed to have been be a prison warder, were found burnt beyond recognition inside a double-cab bakkie in a forest near Kaplan, less than 10km outside Mthatha, on Sunday morning.