Several emerging contractors are benefiting from the construction of a 5.4km road which has created job opportunities for the residents of Tshatshu village near Zwelitsha.
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.
Gale force winds wreaked havoc in East London and other parts of the Eastern Cape on Sunday, claiming at least two lives and causing major damage to homes, health facilities and other buildings.
More than 100 residents of Ntwashwini village, in Cofimvaba, have rallied together, collecting rocks and rubble to fill in multiple large holes in the road at a bridge across the Qitsi River. A total of 120 villagers, including some as young as 14, and the elderly in their 70s, made use of a large truck and three tractors owned by residents to collect rubble to fill in holes as large as six metres across.