Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has fired health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. Mabuyane announced he had fired Gomba at a news conference on Thursday. This was after she was released on R1,000 bail each by the East London magistrate’s court on…
Dear Honourable Transport MEC Weziwe Tikana- Gxotiwe Unsafe and Collapsing Bridge at Tsengiwe Location, Cala, Eastern Cape It is with the utmost respect that I am writing you this letter just over 12 years since the aftermath of the…
The Eastern Cape initiate death toll has risen to 13. None of the initiate deaths are Covid-19 related, but two traditional surgeons have died due to the virus. The official initiate death toll is at 12, but this excludes an initiate who…
Eastern Cape and Garden Route beaches will be closed for about three weeks this festive season starting from Wednesday. This was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night. Ramaphosa said the decision was taken after Nelson…
All Eastern Cape ANC provincial and regional executive members will be subjected to a lifestyle audit. This was announced by ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi on Tuesday following a two-day virtual PEC meeting on Sunday and…
The Eastern Cape has reported the most fatalities related to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the latest report from the health ministry revealed on Sunday. Nationally, 162 Covid-19 deaths were reported, with the Eastern Cape accounting for…
Every single cent of the R1.19bn spent on buying personal protective equipment and hospital beds in the fight against the spread of Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape will be accounted for. This was the promise from finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko…
Publicly admitting for the first time that the Eastern Cape health department was struggling to cope with the high number of Covid-19 confirmed cases, premier Oscar Mabuyane on Tuesday said he had asked President Cyril Ramaphosa for help.…
The Eastern Cape could see up to 6,000 deaths in the next four months due to Covid-19. The projected deaths are expected to occur during the peak of the virus between October and November. The prediction forms part of a comprehensive…
Close to 200 healthcare workers in the Eastern Cape, from the public and private sectors, have tested positive for the coronavirus, with Nelson Mandela Bay Metro accounting for the bulk of infections. This is according to the provincial…
Two funerals. Fifty-four infections, including three children. One death. A sobering picture has emerged of how burials in KwaDwesi and Zwide account for a staggering number of infections in Nelson Mandela Bay, reports HeraldLIVE. The…
A data-driven project management unit is at the centre of the Eastern Cape government’s management of responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. But, says project specialist Dr Sybert Liebenberg, it doesn’t mean government has a crystal ball to…
The number of Covid-19 infections in the Eastern Cape continues to rise at an alarming rate. On Sunday the provincial health department revealed that the latest figure now stands at 270, with Buffalo City Metro seeing an increase of 17…
As the number of Covid-19 cases increased to 104 in the Eastern Cape, Nelson Mandela Bay has recorded its second death related to the global pandemic. This as the number of confirmed cases in the metro has risen to 51. Health MEC Sindiswa…
Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has moved to explain why national Covid-19 figures are not yet reflecting a death in the Eastern Cape. On Thursday, Gomba announced that a retired nurse died at Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth…
