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Vuyolwethu Sangotsha

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Vuyolwethu Sangotsha

Vuyolwethu Sangotsha is a senior production journalist and writer with more than a decade under his belt at the Daily Dispatch.

SAFETY FIRST: Lifeguards closed Gonubie Beach on Sunday amid sewage spills.

Popular East London beach closed due to sewage spills ahead of New Year’s celebrations

Just hours before revellers usher in the New Year with a bang, East London’s Gonubie Beach has been temporarily closed after sewage spills sparked safety concerns.

LIFE CUT SHORT: Linomtha Skeyi was murdered in Makhanda.

‘A young life filled with so much promise’: EL school pays tribute to slain pupil Linomtha Skeyi

East London’s Cambridge High School has extended condolences to the family of its slain pupil Linomtha Skeyi, joining her former school Makhanda-based Victoria Girls’ High School.

Springbok star Lusanda Dumke will be laid to rest on Sunday.

Special provincial funeral for Springbok star Lusanda Dumke

The late Springbok Women blindside flanker and former Border Ladies captain Lusanda Dumke will be honoured with a special provincial funeral category two, the Eastern Cape government said on Christmas Eve.

The young suspect will appear in court in January.
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Rape suspect, 17, recaptured after escaping from EC juvenile centre

A 17-year-old rape suspect who escaped from a juvenile centre in the Eastern Cape will spend Christmas Day behind bars after police found him hiding in a ceiling.

Water and sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina. File photo.
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Taps dry as Amatola Water Board members’ pockets overflow

Board members of the Amatola Water Board, which supplies bulk water to various municipalities across the Eastern Cape, raked in R2.8m in excess payments over the past three financial years, according to water and sanitation minister Pemmy…

CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: Premier Oscar Mabuyane speaks at the provincial commemoration of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children at Ntibeni Village, Ngcobo.

Mabuyane weighs in on death penalty debate amid GBVF outrage

South Africans are demanding the death penalty as calls for harsher punishment for perpetrators of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) grow, Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane said on Tuesday.

DEADLY CRASH: The mangled wreckage of the Greyhound bus involved in the fatal head-on collision on the N6 road near Penhoek Pass.

One dead, 32 injured in Eastern Cape bus crash

A head-on collision between a Greyhound bus and a VW Tiago has left one person dead and 32 others injured, with one critically injured person rushed to hospital.

'NEVER AGAIN': Provincial government director-general Mbulelo Sogoni

Eastern Cape government blames service provider and apologises to unpaid interns

The Eastern Cape provincial government has apologised to thousands of interns who were left high and dry after a service provider failed to pay them under a multimillion-rand skills training programme.

The provincial education department is set to employ hundreds of grade R teachers permanently.
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Hundreds of grade R teachers in line for permanent posts

Almost 900 Eastern Cape grade R teachers will soon have permanent government jobs, pending adoption of the new budget later in November.

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Woman passenger killed, two wounded in Eastern Cape bus shooting

A woman passenger was killed and two others, including the co-driver, wounded after a long-distance bus was sprayed with bullets in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon.

DOUBLE MURDER: Police are appealing for information after the deadly shooting.

Manhunt after Eastern Cape taxi boss, friend gunned down

An Eastern Cape taxi boss and his friend were shot dead on Monday afternoon.