Eastern Cape government departments have surrendered unspent funds totalling R83m to the Provincial Revenue Fund during the adjustment budget process. The three affected departments are co-operative governance and traditional affairs, economic development, environmental affairs and tourism and the provincial treasury.
A body believed to be that of a missing six-year-old Mdantsane NU13 girl was found on Thursday night after a frantic search by community members, who allegedly bludgeoned to death a suspect linked to the gruesome murder.
Disruption in parts of the province marred voter registration in the Eastern Cape as aggrieved residents prevented those who wanted to register by blocking roads and locking voting stations.
The Hawks are investigating a Buffalo City Metro fibre internet connection tender amid allegations that it was awarded irregularly. In an affidavit to the Hawks, a whistle-blower claimed that a ward councillor, whose identity is known to the Daily Dispatch Weekend Edition, had sealed the deal alongside her husband at a popular fast-food outlet.
A legal showdown is looming between Gompo residents and the government over a plan to build RDP houses for military veterans in the area. Eastern Cape human settlements acting head Edmond Venn told the national department’s portfolio committee this week that a stand-off that halted the contentious project had been resolved.