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Mthatha news: UDM calls for national intervention in Mthatha taxi crisis

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UDM calls for national intervention in Mthatha taxi crisis: The United Democratic Movement has called for urgent intervention in the current spate of taxi violence afflicting Mthatha and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape. The appeal from UDM secretary-general, Bongani Msomi, onFriday, came as police had to …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Mthatha at a standstill as taxi war rages: Mthatha residents woke up to plumes of smoke in the CBD on Friday as an impasse between taxi owners and the police escalated. Two witnesses‚ who asked not to be named because of the volatile situation‚ said some businesses were brought to a standstill.
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Gauteng dams are bursting at the seams as Cape levels continue to fall: Other dams in the province that recorded full capacity were Sandile‚ Binfield‚ Mabeleni‚ Mthatha‚ Ntyenetyana‚ Belfort and Tsojana. Dams in the North West are steady at an average of 72.9%, while Boegoeberg in the Free State recorded 116.7% …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Mthatha SAPS on high alert as protests break-out in CBD: Eastern Cape Transport MEC, Weziwe Tikana, has condemned the closure of strategic entry points into the Mthatha CBD. This, after a group of people, started burning tyres and closing off the N2 from the town towards Tsolo on Friday. Department spokesperson …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

South Africa: Medicine Shortages Affect Health Workers and Patients in North West: Reports can be made anonymously. NOTE: Stop Stock Outs was founded in 2012, in the aftermath of the Mthatha depot crisis in the Eastern Cape. The project is a consortium monitoring and reporting on shortages and stock outs of essential medicines …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Multi-talented doctor making his mark on music scene: Born in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape to a Xhosa mother and Zulu father, Yaya was always a shy child. “I grew up with my parents and brother. When I was seven years old, we moved to Bloemfontein and then to Durban. “I was an obedient boy. My brother was …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Eastern Cape’s Mthatha problem: In a damning report to be released at the SA Aids Conference today, civil society groups describe what happens when the drug supply chain goes wrong. As the Mthatha medical depot in the Eastern Cape remains dysfunctional, over 100,000 people are affected …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Mthatha tornado leaves a trail of destruction: A devastating tornado left a trail of destruction in Mthatha and surrounding areas on Saturday night. IN RUINS: The Methodist Church of Southern Africa’s Ncambedlana head Reverend Thobile Ntlabathi and Vuyani Ndiko in the ruins of the church hall, after …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Competition Commission: Black entrepreneur dared to challenge Airlink’s monopoly to Mthatha – then she was booted out: Nicolson left his hometown of Melbourne to move to Johannesburg, beset by fears Australia was going to the dogs. With a camera and a Mac in his bag, he ventures out to cover power and politics, the lives of those included and those excluded. He can be …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Bheki Cele’s taxi ban in Mthatha is relaxed: Eastern Cape transport‚ safety and liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana has reopened the taxi routes closed by Police Minister Bheki Cele days before the Easter holiday‚ to accommodate the need for back-to-school transport. Tikana announced the relaxation of the …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

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