The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay is demanding to know why its regional secretary, Luyolo Nqakula, was helping the party with T-shirts and food parcels after he stepped aside in 2022.
The Sakhisizwe Local Municipality council in Cala is accused of unlawfully operating with a four-member executive committee instead of three, as the law stipulates for such a municipality.In November 2021, both the then MEC and head of department at co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) wrote to the council advising that it needed to comply with Section 43(2) of the Municipal Structures Act by not incurring “unauthorised expenditure” through paying a four-member executive committee instead of three.
Taxi violence is again rearing its ugly head in the Eastern Cape with at least three taxi bosses and drivers killed and one hospitalised in a critical condition on Wednesday on the R61 near Port St Johns.The year 2023 was one of the bloodiest, with more than 20 taxi bosses killed in a few months in Ngqamakhwe, Butterworth, Centane, Willowvale, Dutywa, Elliotdale, and Mthatha since July 18.
Eastern Cape citizens are claiming R7.5bn from the police for incidents of misconduct like illegal search and seizures, assault, car accidents and shootings.This was revealed by transport & community safety MEC Xolile Nqatha in response to a question by DA MPL Bobby Stevensen about claims against the police.