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Mthatha news: A pioneer in SA medicine

24 April 2018 By Port Elizabethan

A pioneer in SA medicine: “I knew I could help people with these diseases and in 1980 I started working as a pulmonologist at the Mthatha general hospital,” said Xaba-Mokoena. She was appointed as the hospital’s principal specialist in 1982 and in 1983 the International Union …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Mthatha police recover 78 stolen vehicles: Mthatha police’s Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit (VCIU) has recovered 78 stolen or hijacked vehicles and half of these are mostly trucks. The officers in charge at the Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit with some of the recovered vehicles behind them.
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

South Africa: Police Divers Recover Body After Suspected Mob Killings: Police divers in the Eastern Cape have recovered the body of a 21-year-old man from the Tsitsa River in Tsolo near Mthatha. His hands were tied behind his back and a bag loaded with rocks was tied to his body. Police spokesperson Captain Dineo Koena said …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

South Africa: Tsolo Police Investigating Double Muder: East London and Mthatha divers found a body of a 21-year-old man with his hands tied at the back and a bag loaded with rocks tied to his body at Tsitsa River in Tsolo today, 23 April 2018 at about 13h00. The divers were summoned to the scene after police …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Man found in Tsolo river with bag of rocks tied to body in alleged mob justice attack: East London and Mthatha police divers have retrieved the body of a 21-year-old man from the Tsitsa River at Tsolo. The young man, whose hands were tied behind his back and a bag loaded with rocks tied to his body, is believed to have been murdered in a mob …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Door kicked down, woman fatally shot, Mthatha: Mthatha police are looking for unknown murderers of a 45 year old woman that was shot and killed at Masango Street in Slovo Park today, 23 April 2018 at about 01h45. It is alleged that unknown gunmen kicked the door open where the deceased was renting and …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

194 Eastern Cape life convicts sue state: The 194 applicants, who filed court papers at the Bhisho, Mthatha and East London high courts, are among the 376 lifers in the Eastern Cape who are still serving out sentences for murders, rapes and robberies despite qualifying for parole.. Picture …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Wild Coast roots sustain top judge Mandisa Maya: Maya knows the Wild Coast well as she was born in the former Transkei and spends most court recesses at her home on a small farm near Mthatha, where she grows vegetables and keeps various types of livestock. “My husband and I are very focused on healthy …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Mthatha Bucks official Lunga Tukute laments relegation from NFD to ABC Motsepe League: Mthatha Bucks COO Lunga Tukute says not having a team in the National First Division will not only hurt football fans in that area, but also the local economy. Amathol’Amnyama were relegated from the NFD on Saturday with two games left in the season after …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Cele to meet Mthatha taxi bosses after route closures due to violence: MTHATHA – Police Minister Bheki Cele is expected to meet the bosses of rival taxi associations in Mthatha. Cele is in Mthatha for the meeting with Community safety members of executive councils (MEC’s) from all nine provinces will meet with the …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

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