The Eastern Cape Human Rights Commission has been forced to subpoena officials from the OR Tambo district municipality and Transnet to an inquiry into the state of the province’s roads, after Transnet and municipal officials were no-shows at a hearing in November.The representatives were forced to appear before the commission in East London on Monday.
The OR Tambo district municipality is doing everything in its power to provide clean, piped water and adequate sanitation, mayor Mesuli Ngqondwana says.
At least ten people are confirmed dead and four are still missing as search and recovery operations continue in flood-devastated areas of the Eastern Cape.
At least 11 people have been gunned down in Mthatha within a month, turning the town into a war zone and leaving the community terrified. This was said by distraught OR Tambo mayor Mesuli Nngqondwana on Wednesday at the memorial service of municipal employee Namhla Mtwa, who is one of the victims of the shooting spree in Mthatha.
While Oscar Mabuyane has rejected claims that he is losing support to control the ANC in the Eastern Cape ahead of the party’s provincial elective conference, main rival Babalo Madikizela has questioned the abrupt postponement of the event.