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Something else from MyGqeberhaJean de Villiers (born 24 February 1981) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He started his career at wing, but played most of his career as an inside centre. De Villiers previously played for Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super Rugby, Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby and internationally for South Africa, for whom he was named captain in June 2012. He made his first senior-level appearance for South Africa in … [Read more...] about Gqeberha in the News – 8 April 2022

dear Editor As locust plagues of biblical proportions ravage the Eastern Cape, decimating everything in their path, the ANC-led Eastern Cape government has turned a deaf ear to the desperate pleas for assistance from farmers and organised agriculture. Not one red cent has been made available by the provincial government to assist farmers in eradicating these swarms, leaving farmers already devastated by prolonged drought to face this disaster on their own. Swarms of locusts, some reportedly 40km … [Read more...] about Not one cent from Eastern Cape Government to assist farmers with locust Outbreak

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the Eastern Cape Department of Health’s commitment to ensure that a mobile clinic is available to the people of Malabar twice a week, following the community’s outcry over insufficient facilities at the Malabar Clinic. The commitment was made after a stakeholder engagement session on Tuesday, 5 April 2022. The session was attended by myself, DA Ward 10 councillor Lenny Moodley, the Department of Health District Manager, Ms De Vos, and Deputy … [Read more...] about Mobile clinic heads to Malabar

Dear EditorMinerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is a fantasist, living in a fantasy world. That’s one possible explanation for his outrageous claim that his much spoken of exploration strategy has been published in the government gazette. There’s no sign of any such gazette. No strategy has been presented to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee. The logical conclusion is that his claim was bogus. The strategy is supposed to make mineral exploration in South Africa easy and thus … [Read more...] about Gwede Mantashe and the missing exploration strategy

South Africa has recorded 2 032 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 727 208.This increase represents an 8.6% positivity rate. “Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports three deaths and of these, one occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,070 to date,” the National Institute for Communicable … [Read more...] about 2 032

Dear EditorThe Democratic Alliance welcomes the announcement that the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality has finally been placed under national administration. The move is a scathing indictment on the Eastern Cape Executive and the provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) that has failed to bring about the necessary changes since placing the municipality under administration in 2018. The DA has repeatedly highlighted the challenges faced by this … [Read more...] about Enoch Mgijima municipality placed under National Administration

Dear EditorMembers of the United Nations General Assembly will today vote on a draft resolution on whether to expel Russia from the UN Human Rights Council in the wake of its war crimes in Ukraine. South Africa can no longer maintain its tacit support for Russia under the guise of “neutrality” and must support this resolution. The DA calls on the South African government, through its permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jerry Matthews Matjila, to abandon its immoral … [Read more...] about South Africa must salvage its compromised moral authority by supporting Russia’s expulsion from the UN Human Rights Council