A R26.5m infrastructure project that will benefit 150 informal traders was officially launched at eMaXesibeni on Friday. Finance, economic development, environmental affairs and tourism MEC Mlungisi Mvoko said 84 informal traders had already been allocated trading space at the new eMaXesibeni Hawkers Centre.
The alleged victims of an attorney accused of scamming five car accident survivors, including a former world boxing champion, want the fraud accused to be denied bail.Manfred Chinamasa, 52, had his bail bid in the East London magistrate’s court postponed yet again on Thursday owing to load-shedding and court congestion.
Residents in some rural Eastern Cape communities endured a black Christmas without electricity after a freak thunderstorm on Saturday left behind a trail of destruction, including broken poles and blown-up transformers.
In a bid to save lives over the festive season, the Eastern Cape health department has resorted to placing emergency response vehicles on strategic arterial routes across the province for quick responses to accidents.