More than 20 families have been left counting their losses after a heavy storm tore through a village in Xesi (formerly Middledrift), leaving homes and businesses in ruins and disrupting the electricity supply. The devastating storm the second to hit Kwa-Saki village in three years struck at about 6pm on Sunday, according to villagers.
Fed up public healthcare workers in Amathole district have threatened to not serve patients on Monday if the water supply in their areas is not restored. This is as they enter yet another week without a drop of water from their taps, placing the lives and wellbeing of thousands in the district at risk.