Louis Pepping’s trial was moved from Lusikisiki to the Mthata high court because of fears that angry residents would attack the courthouse.
Close to a decade after the Marikana massacre, President Cyril Ramaphosa has not visited the survivors as he promised to do, judges have acquitted police officers, children can’t get jobs and lawlessness reigns
Families will never forget how iphika took their fathers, brothers, husbands and breadwinners after they spent the best years of their lives digging up gold in the mines
Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.
The M&G returns to the Mayixhale household, in the Eastern Cape, for the fourth time since the 2004 elections
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/ 13 September 2013
If the community stays vigilant, lives will be improved for many years.
In a bumpy backstreet in Mthatha stands the offices of the ex-mineworkers’ union, founded in 1987. There are seven stacks of dusty files in one corner, each the height of an adult, containing compensation applications and other paperwork for each of the union’s members in the Eastern Cape. “About 18 000 members,” says Zanele Mbuyisa, a […]
Thousands of people attended the funeral service of late public works minister Stella Sigcau at her birthplace of Lusikisiki on Tuesday. Those attending the ceremony ahead of her cremation included President Thabo Mbeki, Cabinet ministers and traditional leaders.
The Eastern Cape has some of the poorest districts in the country, according to Statistics South Africa
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday rejected calls for the Transkei to become South Africa’s 10th province. He was speaking to several thousand African National Congress supporters at a pre-election imbizo at the Great Place of Pondo King Mpondombini Sigcawu near Lusikisiki.
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Government sees a crucial role for traditional leaders, so it is vital they remain focused, united, and set an example to their subjects and the whole country, Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
Government sees a crucial role for traditional leaders, so it is vital they remain focused, united, and set an example to their subjects and the whole country, Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.