Eastern Cape police have arrested eight suspects including a former soldier after post office employees were allegedly robbed of an undisclosed amount of money at gunpoint at a satellite pension payout outlet in KwaNdela Location, Mbizana, on Monday. On Tuesday evening, police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said security guards were also allegedly held at gunpoint by the suspects.
Many people in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality have lost their jobs due to ongoing electrical outages, which have wreaked havoc with the local economy and added to the jobs loss bloodbath in the Eastern Cape. Electricity was finally restored to eKomani today, after an outage of six days. Three weeks ago, Sterkstroom had no electricity for 13 consecutive days, and two weeks ago large parts of eKomani and Ezibeleni had no electricity for eight consecutive days. Electrical outages have become a daily occurrence and are largely a result of decades-long lack of maintenance.
The people of Komani are dreading the approaching winter, preparing for ongoing power supply problems due to illegal electricity connections and dilapidated infrastructure.