An ambulance collided with a Quantum just before Ultra City Mthatha on Saturday morning. The ambulance was driving from Mbekweni Health centre, heading to Mthatha with a patient on board. A Toyota Quantum made a u-turn, striking the…
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a lucrative business opportunity to some entrepreneurial villagers in the Eastern Cape. They are doing a rapid trade in Artemisia afra — commonly known as African wormwood or umhlonyane — the same herb…
Eastern Cape police on Friday confirmed that AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo had been arrested. The details surrounding his arrest are yet to be released. Dalindyebo is out on parole after qualifying for a remission of sentence…
The Eastern Cape education department has given a Johannesburg-based contractor two weeks to report back to site and finish construction at a rundown school. DispatchLIVE reported last week that a six-year-old boy at Lutholi Junior School…
The driver of a honey sucker truck that was caught red-handed dumping litres of raw sewage into the Mthatha dam on Friday has been suspended. This was revealed by Anix Trading, the company that owns the truck. They also told the Daily…
Mthatha-based singing trio, 047 will be serenading East London locals on Friday at the Guild Theatre during the launch of their debut album, Wen’Ungowam (You are mine). The group’s members Ngcali Nundu, 19, Lihle Baleni, 20, and Sihle…
Man’s house burned down after he was accused of a stabbing which never took place An Eastern Cape family whose home was burned down by an angry mob have accused the police and the justice system of failing them. The Olayi family, from…
Mrs Africa finalist in charity drives BEAUTY with brains and a heart of gold Mrs Africa 2017 finalist, Yonela Jindela, shines both on and off the ramp. Born in Mqekezweni Village in Mthatha, Jindela has always had a soft spot for charity…
The government and Mandela family are under public pressure to open the gravesite of world icon Nelson Mandela at his Qunu’s home just outside Mthatha. While celebrating Mandela Day at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha, Eastern Cape…
Four people have been killed, and another critically injured in a horrific accident on the R72, about 50km from East London this morning. According to health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo, all four died on the scene. “The injured…
