Consumers across the province will have to face the brunt of the Eskom tariff hikes after energy regulator Nersa granted Eskom an 18.65% hike for the next financial year.
Despite spending nearly R40m over the past three years to ensure a steady supply of clean drinking water for Mthatha and surrounds, OR Tambo district municipality bosses have warned residents to brace themselves for more water cuts.
A prominent Eastern Cape family’s joy turned to tragedy after its head was gunned down just hours after celebrating his daughter’s wedding. Mkhululi “Skoni” Kubukeli, 60, was shot and killed in the early hours of Saturday on the premises of his latest business venture, the Le Pearl Grande Event and Entertainment Centre, alongside the R61 near Corhana village, about 5km outside Mthatha.