According to the 2022-23 District Health Barometer, there has been a 6.1% increase in the number of deliveries by girls and women aged 10 to 19, over the past five years
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‘These are things we can directly use in our science lessons, which makes me excited to plan my lessons for the learners’
After 2022, the Ngcobo Community Health Centre in the rural Eastern Cape ceased operating 24 hours every day because spiralling crime and dry taps made it impossible for workers to operate at night
Ndlovu transforms traditional African ingredients into gourmet masterpieces
The king has previously stated his support for the ANC and the Democratic Alliance
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The provincial secretary said the people of the Eastern Cape had rejected Zuma and his new MK party ahead of the elections
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The party’s provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi believes that reaching this target and helping the party retain its national majority are high
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Irate community members say they will boycott the May 29 elections because of housing and infrastructure failures
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She and Sinegugu Zukulu successfully took on Shell in landmark court victory to stop seismic testing on the Wild Coast
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The report says the treatment of people has largely improved but delays as well as missing court dockets and files remain a problem
The Foundation for Professional Development has harnessed local ownership to provide quality care
Despite obstacles faced by the learners, their hard work resulted in an 81.4% grade 12 pass rate
A total of 160 Cape and African white-backed vultures have a new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, where they can heal and breed
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ANC Women’s League provincial chair Ntandokazi Capa is first on the list while Eastern Cape chairperson and premier Oscar Mabuyane’s position hangs in the balance
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The Nomakhayas of Nqileni in the Eastern Cape give us a case study to replicate
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The PR councillor will continue working at Matatiele Local Municipality while the Hawks and COGTA investigate
The first group of 155 Cape and African White-backed Vultures will find a new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape
An NGO is providing parents with reusable nappies made out of bamboo fibre to replace disposable ones
Environmental and Rural Solutions (ERS) has been making a profound impact for the past 21 years
Ancient brittle stars from the supercontinent of Gondwana unearthed in 410-million-year-old rocks in Eastern Cape
Minister Patricia de Lille said the country welcomed 4.8 million international and 18.8 million domestic tourists in the first six months of 2023
It is too often forgotten that the Constitution’s Bill of Rights enshrines the rights of all people in our country
In 2022, Ben Gaunt, who led a team who transformed Zithulele Hospital in the Eastern Cape from a struggling public health facility into a poster child of excellence, resigned. The drama that followed the appointment of a controversial chief executive was well publicised.
The meant-to-be newly renovated Ngqamakhwe police station has been stripped by vandals after construction work stopped
Days after President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled two statues of the struggle icon, the ANC secretary general said Mandela would be turning in his grave at the wasted resources
But a political analyst contends statues can be unifying symbols as they celebrate South Africa’s liberation
An effort to have the ANC secretary general account for his actions at the ANCYL conference was thwarted by his allies at a recent National Working Committee meeting
Phumzile Mgcina was elected deputy president, Mntuwoxolo Ngudle as secretary general, Tsakani Shiviti as deputy secretary general and Zwelo Masilela as treasurer general.
The ANC secretary general, who has been accused of interfering in the ANCYL conference, said he was not shaken by members calling for his head
The league’s members say its elective conference has been delegitimised by interference
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Luntu Sokutu has questioned the call for the Eastern Cape’s Mntuwoxolo Ngudle to get support for the youth league secretary general position
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The provincial leadership accused the ANC provincial secretary of attempting to influence the outcomes of its conference
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