Mbhashe local municipality has lost six councillors during the current council term, with the latest victim, a veteran educator, shot dead in front of his children at his rural home in Dutywa on Friday night. The murder of Ernest Fipaza, 63, an ANC counci... See more
History was made in Bhisho this week when the Eastern Cape House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders (ECHTKL) elected its youngest-ever deputy chair and returned its chairmanship to the Matanzima dynasty after a nine-year hiatus. The election was triggere... See more
A bogus Mthatha teacher who used a fraudulent Bachelor of Education degree to secure employment has been sentenced to eight years' direct imprisonment. Lunga Nkrumah Sivuku, 45, who taught at Corana Junior Secondary School near Mthatha, was sentenced by t... See more
A second traditional leader and his mother have been gunned down in Willowvale in just over a month, with no arrests made in either case. The latest victims, a 44-year-old headman and his 70-year-old mother, were shot dead at their homestead in Komkhulu v... See more
A 41-year-old plumber who beat his 19-year-old girlfriend to death with an iron rod and dumped her body under a bridge has been sentenced to 28 years' direct imprisonment, but the victim's family believes he deserved a life sentence. The Mthatha Regional ... See more
