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WATCH | Protestors set Komani town hall on fire

https://t.co/WpBEr8vdIM pic.twitter.com/2W8NjxHfLf — Dispatch AFRICA (@africa_dispatch) February 3, 2021 A group of disgruntled Mlungisi township residents set fire to Komani Town Hall on Wednesday morning. They were protesting over not…

Public and private sector services in at least four Eastern Cape cities will come to a standstill on Wednesday as hundreds of workers are expected to join the national strike organised by Cosatu.Image: FILE

Cosatu targets four Eastern Cape cities for national strike

Public and private sector services in at least four Eastern Cape cities will come to a standstill on Wednesday as hundreds of workers are expected to join the national strike organised by Cosatu. Speaking on behalf of the union on…

Tons of dirty hospital linen has been found dumped in Komani by residents who suspect that it was used by patients who have Covid-19.Image: SUPPLIED

Health department points finger at ex-service provider for dumped dirty laundry

The Eastern Cape health department says its preliminary investigation into piles of laundry dumped in Komani at the weekend points to a service provider whose contract ended in 2019. Some of the linen carried the name of the Komani…

Tons of dirty hospital linen has been found dumped in Komani by residents who suspect that it was used by patients who have Covid-19.Image: SUPPLIED

Piles of Komani Hospital linen and clothes found dumped

Piles of dirty hospital linen and clothing has been found dumped near an informal settlement in Komani by residents who suspect that it was used by patients who may have had Covid-19. The residents claim that after their gruesome find…

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WATCH I Freezing cold in Komani

WATCH: Snow falling gently in Komani this morning Video: SUPPLIED As snow fell during the early hours of Tuesday morning in Komani the minimum temperature was -1°C and the maximum predicted to be 9ºC. PE weather forecaster Ayabonga…

New Covid-19 infections have been reported at Eastern Cape schools. Image: 123RF/ktsdesign

56 staff test positive at Eastern Cape hospital

Frontier Hospital staff in Komani (Queenstown) fear for their lives and are demanding that the hospital be closed to the public after 56 employees, including doctors, tested positive for Covid-19. The staff members from a number of…

AGAINST ALL ODDS: Cheree Mc Ewen is being reunited with her sons on Saturday after recovering from Covid-19. Image: SUPPLIED

Eastern Cape mom with stage 4 cancer beats coronavirus

Three weeks ago, East London mom Cheree Mc Ewen was told that she’d contracted Covid-19 while undergoing surgery to remove more than 20 tumours from her body at Mediclinic Morningside. The hospital was later closed after 88 people there…

Premier Mabuyane monitors lockdown regulations compliance at Komani

According to Captain Khaya Tonjeni, Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Liziwe Ntshinga, has arrived at Komani (Queenstown) as part of monitoring Covid 19 Operations where the Premier of Eastern Cape Mr Oscar Mabuyane is also expected to…

The testing backlog in the Western Cape has decreased from more than 27,000 to just over 3,000 in two weeks. A new report has revealed those with diabetes are more likely to die from Covid-19.Image: GALLO IMAGES/AFP/BERND THISSEN

Chris Hani district latest Covid-19 EC hotspot

The Chris Hani district has become the province’s latest Covid-19 hotspot after two siblings contracted the virus and were admitted to intensive care, bringing to three the known number of infected people in the region. A relative of the…

Protesters burn tyres in Pelem Street, Mlungisi, as part of service delivery protests in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality Picture: Andisa Bonani

Service delivery protests turn violent at embattled Eastern Cape municipality

The streets of Ezibeleni and Mlungisi in Komani were on fire from early this morning as unrest over a lack of service delivery by an embattled Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) in the Eastern Cape reached boiling point. The…