Komani schools children were rushed to nearby clinics and later to Frontier Hospital after they ate items they bought from street vendors outside their schools. The problem started with Dlelweni Public Primary School on Thursday where…
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Minister says consumers must pay, and substations be fixed Electricity minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa has invited Komani business owners to consider intervening with capital to help eradicate the electricity crises facing Enoch Mgijima…
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Komani Protest Action (KPA) committee says it is too late for Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) to begin implementing service delivery ‘only now’ in Komani. In fact, they were calling for Masiyabu Trading, which is currently busy…
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Gift of the Givers are currently giving aid to hundreds of flood victims who are sheltered at the Gali Thembani Youth Care Centre in Madeira Park, Komani. Gift of the Givers Eastern Cape coordinator, Corene Conradie said: “We received a…
A number of places including businesses and Life Queenstown Private Hospital along the Komani River floodplain were affected as a result of Bonkolo Dam overflowing. In a joint statement, Chris Hani District Municipality spokesperson…
Komani Protest Action (KPA) leaders have resolved to hold their horses from implementing a total shutdown for now, until corporate governance and traditional affairs finance minister Nkosaza Dlamini-Zuma returns with feed from the cabinet…
The much-anticipated visit of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Minister Nkosazana, Dlamini-Zuma has disappointed many Komani protestors after her abrupt address earlier today. Her address came after last week’s two-day…
Business owners and the Civic Ratepayers Association of Enoch Mgijima met with members of the Komani Protest Action group on Friday requesting that businesses be allowed to open again, amid the two-day total shutdown. Businesses had hoped…
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RESIDENTS: Protestors were on their way to close off businesses that were open during day one of the total shutdown in Komani Picture: UVIWE JARA Enoch Mgijima residents demand finance minister Enoch Godongwana or Cogta minister Dr…
Strike action looms as Komani civic organisations with residents plan to disrupt the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality’s confidential council meeting at the Jesus Christ Church today. The fed-up Komani residents want the local municipality…
The National Cabinet Representative(NCR) Dr Monde Tom gives an overview of how some of the employees in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) are getting overpaid in the following table. This is after EMLM management had stated that the…
Confusing amounts and a tender process that lacked transparency were some of the reasons the high court in Makhanda granted an interdict to stop the Fikile Gwadana Drive road rehabilitation project in Ezibeleni, pending a review…
Newtown residents in Mlungisi barricaded Victoria Road, holding up traffic during a protest action after being without electricity for four days. The police who were armed at the scene, worked intensely to remove the rubble of rocks and…
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality council speaker Noluthando Nqabisa says the council should make painful admissions that the institution is ‘dismally failing’ in electricity maintenance and the council needs to make a decision to turn…
