SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers were deployed to calm violent clashes between taxi operators and the police on Monday, which had caused more than 100 voting stations in the Eastern Cape to remain closed.
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Co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams has blamed service delivery failures in many rural communities in the Eastern Cape on what he termed a dual system of governance. Addressing the first day of a two-day summit for traditional leaders at Dan’s Country Lodge outside Mthatha on Wednesday, Williams said many projects had stalled across the province because of what he termed the inability of municipalities to work closely with traditional leaders, who are the trib.
A senior ANC councillor in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality was granted bail of R2 000 by the Mthatha magistrate's court on Tuesday after appearing on charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
An Eastern Cape woman who was among nine people gunned down in a mass shooting in the North West in December has finally been buried at her home in Port St Johns.