With campaigning gaining momentum before the hotly contested May 29 election, two political parties in the Eastern Cape have ruffled the feathers of taxi bosses after reportedly failing to cough up for ferrying members to their rallies. The EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe are entangled in pay disputes which have left operators frustrated.
The security guard accused of gunning down his former employer, businessman Mkhululi Skoni Kubukeli, in December denied any involvement in the murder, instead claiming that his friends sold him out to the police in revenge.
What used to be a cracked, damp and burnt-out shelter for Eric and Dannis Bibby of Qonce, has been transformed into a neat, two-bedroom home after a local businessman and NPO founder joined forces to change their lives.
A prominent Eastern Cape family’s joy turned to tragedy after its head was gunned down just hours after celebrating his daughter’s wedding. Mkhululi “Skoni” Kubukeli, 60, was shot and killed in the early hours of Saturday on the premises of his latest business venture, the Le Pearl Grande Event and Entertainment Centre, alongside the R61 near Corhana village, about 5km outside Mthatha.