No water to put out fire: man dies

Neighbours in Makhanda say they could not save Thandisizwe Nondlwana when his house caught alight

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Brief | 2 July 2025

R10-million emergency lottery funding for flood-ravaged Eastern Cape

The money was approved swiftly using a new funding mechanism that replaced one that had been mired in corruption

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Brief | 29 June 2025

Parents vow to keep children out of school after murder of learner

Demand for scholar transport after 13-year-old Anga Ndema was killed on her way back from school

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News | 26 June 2025

Violent scenes in Engcobo on second day of SANCO “shutdown”

Nasty scuffle breaks out between Spar owner and protesters

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Brief | 25 June 2025

SANCO and ANC clash in Eastern Cape

Protestors gathered at Ngcobo’s municipal offices, despite a court order

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News | 24 June 2025

South Africans and Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks

Mob in Addo killed four, injured dozens, and displaced hundreds of families

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News | 24 June 2025

Suspension of “whistleblower” traffic officers is unlawful, court rules

Traffic department has no ticket books or breathalysers, officers claimed

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Brief | 21 June 2025

Pit toilets from the 1980s are still in use at this Eastern Cape school

Parents at Bhetshwana Primary, which has 200 learners, say the school has begged the education department for toilets for decades

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Fourth man dies after xenophobic attacks in Addo

Still no arrests after mob displaces hundreds of immigrant families

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Brief | 11 June 2025

Railway line theft trial delayed by state witness’s illness

Former PRASA regional manager and Cape Town businessman won’t be back in the dock for more than a month

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Brief | 10 June 2025

Families were promised RDP homes. Instead they were left for 15 years without services

Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says construction will happen later this year

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News | 9 June 2025

100-year-old Flagstaff school is falling apart

In 2013 the Flagstaff Comprehensive High School was promised a share of a R195-million project. But nothing happened

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News | 5 June 2025

Eastern Cape teacher accused of beating learner with a hosepipe

Department of Education warns teachers against using corporal punishment to discipline learners

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News | 4 June 2025

They escaped with their lives. Now they’ve been arrested

Immigration officers arrest more than 100 Zimbabweans seeking shelter after xenophobic attacks

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Brief | 3 June 2025

In 2013, Zakes Mda was horrified to see 110 learners in a class in this school. Twelve years later, nothing has changed

A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards

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Feature | 3 June 2025

No arrests after xenophobic attacks in Addo

Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall

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News | 30 May 2025