Ward councillor Nwabisa Mcwabeni condemned protest action by residents of Nompumelelo in Beacon Bay on Friday, alleging that efforts to bring services to the community had been “sabotaged”. A crowd of about 100 protesters took to the streets early on Friday morning, placing four flaming barricades across the Bonza Bay Road near the entrance to the township.
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East London's healthcare practitioners are under siege and working in fear as medical centres and private practices are being targeted by armed criminals pretending to be patients.
The Mooiplaas community near East London has been left reeling in shock after a farmer was tied up, beaten and burned with hot water by a robbery gang on Tuesday. Hayden Luck, 48, who suffered cuts, bruises and burns during the robbery, recalled his ordeal in an interview with the Daily Dispatch.