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Mthatha news: MEC intervenes in municipal spat

20 January 2017 By Port Elizabethan

MEC intervenes in municipal spat: At a meeting, Xasa presented to the Troika – an ANC faction which wants to suspend Tantsi – an order from the Mthatha High Court issued on January 17. The application was made by Tantsi against Bikitsha and speaker Zibuthe Mnqwazi, interdicting them …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Foreign medics can replace locals as they are ‘willing to work’ – Motsoaledi: Motsoaledi added that there were still 45 internship positions available in the Bloemfontein Complex and the Mofumahadi Mopeli hospital in the Free State, as well as the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. The department also received 1 064 …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

MAKOTI FLEES WITH LOBOLA: What Winfred didn’t know was that NoEurope had other plans. According to Winfred Gila from Maqhinebeni Village, close to Mthatha, his makoti-to-be proved to be nothing but a thief. The wheelchair-bound man said he organised for NoEurope’s family to …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Battle for jobs: Motsoaledi takes swipe at ‘picky’ doctors: These are the Bloemfontein Complex and Mohumahadi Manapo Mopedi hospital in the Free State as well as Nelson Mandela Academic hospital in Mthatha. He said 22 South African interns placed in jobs declined to accept them. Reasons range from marriage …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Former Receptionist Thoko Njemla Becomes Successful Mthatha Beekeeper: Njemla lives in a small village called Ndungwana just a few kilometres from Mthatha. She left her receptionist job in Johannesburg in 1999 to go back to the Eastern Cape, but battled to find work. “I tried to find another job in Mthatha but I didn’t …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

No shortage of posts for healthcare workers – Motsoaledi: The department was not always able to accommodate these needs. There were still 45 positions in Bloemfontein and Mthatha. Motsoaledi urged the 22 to apply by January 25. If they failed to do so, the department would have no choice but to open these posts …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Trainee doctors have been placed, insists health minister: Motsoaledi went on to explain that there were still 45 positions of internship available in Bloemfontein Complex and Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli hospitals in the Free State and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. He said trainee doctors who had …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

South Africa: Willowvale Man Arrested for Illegal Fire Arm and Ammunition: King William’s Town — National Intervention Unit from Mthatha and Willowvale Police arrested a 27 year old man for possession of unlicensed firearm (pistol) with eight (8) rounds of ammunition. The suspect was arrested on Thursday 09 January 2017 at …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

South Africa: Meet Mthatha Beekeeper Thoko Njemla: A lack of jobs in the Eastern Cape led Thoko Njemla, 51, to take up beekeeping 15 years ago. Today she employs five people from her village and harvests tonnes of honey every year. Njemla lives in a small village called Ndungwana just few kilometres from …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Motsoaledi hits back at health placement critics: Motsoaledi says 45 internship positions are still available, which include some in Bloemfontein and in Mthatha. These may be allocated to foreign graduates who had to wait for all South Africans to be placed before they came under consideration.
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

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