The shutdown of Eastern Cape roads by taxi operators over four-month payment delays for scholar transport services, which caused chaos in the province yesterday, has been suspended. This after a meeting in East London between taxi council leaders and provincial transport leaders, including Oscar Mabuyane who is said to have joined telephonically.
A blind Eastern Cape father and former teacher who lost his eyesight in a freak accident when a brick fell on his head in a classroom is on a quest to help other people who are blind. Zukisa Kenneth Skoti, 51, of Ethembeni village in Qonce, understands that having to adapt to losing one’s eyesight is traumatic.
A man has been arrested for vandalising Steve Biko's grave in Ginsberg on Friday, allegedly stealing two bronze fists from the grave and selling them to a local scrap yard.
Proposals to remove provincial governments and give municipalities more authority over local affairs have been made by Azapo, which launched its provincial manifesto at the weekend. The launch was in Patensie outside Gqeberha on Saturday followed by a door-to-door campaign in Ncera outside East London the day after.