Eastern Cape

Horror crash at Kei Bridge
DEATH ON THE N2: A paramedic views the mangled mass of the car which was struck by a truck on the N2 near the Kei Bridge yesterday causing the death of five people. Picture by WILBERFORCE MDODA By Simpiwe Piliso EAST LONDON -- A horror accid...

EL may get new airline service
EAST LONDON -- A new airline service is set to take off from here. No sooner had Nationwide Airlines announced its decision to suspend its East London route from May 18, than another airline showed interest in the East London route. The "no-fril...

DOWNY PALS
Cameron Roebert plays with three-day-old broiler chicks at the East London Agricultural Show at the Gonubie Farmers' Hall yesterday. The show ends tomorrow. Picture by ALAN EASON Eastern Cape   South A...

High demand for Aids drug in E Cape
UMTATA -- The Eastern Cape Health Department this week said there was a high demand around the province for the provision of Nevirapine, the antiretroviral drug for HIV-Aids infected mothers. . Provincial HIV-Aids director Nomalanga Makwedini sai...

43 EC drivers fined heavily for wrong licences
EAST LONDON -- Yesterday saw 43 Eastern Cape motorists being given heavy fines for driving without the creditcard format driver's licence. According to provincial deputy director of traffic operations Mqondisi Kulati, fines between R1000 and R250...

Businessman killed in accident
KING WILLIAM'S TOWN -- A local businessman died on Thursday when his bakkie left the road and he was flung out of the vehicle, police said yesterday. Inspector Stephen Marais said Nigel Lieberum, who lived in East London but owned a business here...

251 killed in EC buses since 2000
ANOTHER TRAGIC CRASH: The aftermath of the horror accident involving a truck and a car in the Kei Cuttings yesterday which claimed the lives of five people. Picture by WILBERFORCE MDODA By Nandipha Ramadikela EAST LONDON -- About 251 people h...

Police blamed after wife's horrific death
By Lucas Mati QUEENSTOWN -- Cathcart has become a living hell for women and children, according to Ikhwezi Women Support Centre (IWSC) following this week's horrific incident in which a woman was allegedly beaten with a hammer and burnt to death ...

Brenda promises to rock EL today
By Ncedo Kumbaca UMTATA -- South African pop diva Brenda Fassie will be performing in East London today and she promises an explosive show. Fassie will be performing at the Orient Theatre. In an interview with the Daily Dispatch, she vowed to ...

Cosatu wants week of mourning for crash
By Lucas Mati QUEENSTOWN -- The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called for a week of mourning following the death of more than 50 of its members in a bus crash near Bethlehem in the Free State on Workers' Day. Cosatu national...

Dada lives his dream
CREATIVE CRAFTSMAN: Mxaxo villager Jongithemba Dada makes hand saws, chisels, hammers and other tools. By Lulamile Feni KING WILLIAM'S TOWN -- A 34-year-old man from Mxaxo village near here makes carpentry and building hand tools from scrapmet...

Mavi, Dubazana share Umtata stage
By Madoda Dyonana and Ncedo Kumbaca UMTATA -- Renowned traditional and afro-jazz maestro Stompie Mavi and his local counterpart Bushy Dubazana celebrated their birthdays in style here on Wednesday while sharing a stage at a packed Civic Centre. ...

EC education not in crisis ­ official
EAST LONDON -- Education in the Eastern Cape is not facing a crisis, according to a senior government official yesterday. This follows a visit by Education Minister Kader Asmal to various schools in the East London region this week. Provincial E...

Ex-miners list alleged abuse for NY hearings
By Ncedo Kumbaca NGQELENI -- The Apartheid Claims Task Force's (ACT) international legal team yesterday started its process of consolidating evidence at the local Community Development Centre Hall here in preparation for jurisdictional hearings s...

Lawyer gets 25 years for fraud
UMTATA -- Attorney Silulami Clayton Nontenja was sentenced in the high court here yesterday to 25 years in prison on 63 counts of fraud totalling more than R22million. He will serve an effective 20 years. Nontenja was sentenced to 20 years for ...

WARM GIFTS
Doreen Segor, a Jersey Week organiser in East London, admires some of the garments knitted by volunteers at Stirling Lodge for distribution to the needy. Women in the city have been collecting jerseys and other warm garments for 20 years. "We h...

Useful safety hints to prevent crime or injury
EAST LONDON -- The rising number of armed robberies and rapes in the Queenstown area has compelled the police to issue some safety hints, both to business people and the public in general. Captain Gcinikhaya Taleni said intensifying crime prevent...

Xhosa royals pay homage to Tshwete
A MARK OF RESPECT: Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula, Buffalo City mayor Sindisile Maclean, AmaRharhabe King Maxhoba Sandile and ANC members celebrate the handing over of an ox by the king to the family of the late Steve Tshwete yeste...

Seven jailed for double murder
EAST LONDON -- The high court here yesterday sentenced seven men to a total of 215 years in prison. The men were convicted of murdering Tebogo Jayiya, 16, and Simphiwe Mgojo, 21, in December 2001. Captain Michelle Matroos said Boyce Sisulu, 37, ...

Joy as MEC opens R7,3m health centre
SERVICE DELIVERY: Eastern Cape Health MEC Bevan Goqwana officially opens the R7,3m Elliotdale health care centre yesterday. Picture and report by Madoda Dyonana ELLIOTDALE -- There was jubilation all round when Eastern Cape Health Department ...

KSD council in row over cleaning plan
By Ncedo Kumbaca UMTATA -- King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipality mayor Dowa Mgudlwa and UDM provincial secretary Mabandla Gogo yesterday accused OR Tambo District Municipality executive mayor Zoleka Capa of trying to manipulate the KSD. Gogo...

100 in court after raid
EAST LONDON -- Over 100 people appeared in the Umtata Magistrate's Court yesterday for crimes including murder and dealing in drugs. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said 105 people between the ages of 18 and 54 were arrested on Monday and Tuesday....

Twins' mother to return home
QUEENSTOWN -- Arrangements are being made to fetch the mother and the bodies of her Siamese twins who died in Cape Town on Wednesday. According to the Red Cross Hospital in the Western Cape, Nosipho Ngesi is expected home tomorrow to prepare for ...