Matatiele

A rural couple taking their sick infant to a family doctor turned to the Matatiele mayor in desperation for help after they were refused entry into the town by police at a roadblock on Monday. The couple, Monwabisi Mafunda, 63, and his…

The army has been ordered in after six Matatiele children were swept to their deaths in a flash flood on Wednesday. Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said the Engineer Corps would urgently construct a bridge over the Mgxojeni river…