Motorists complain of bad roads in Mnquma
The appalling condition of roads in Eastern Cape towns is a resounding complaint from motorists who have to regularly repair their vehicles.
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Land rights group scorns MEC’s call for Western Cape farmers to move East
Before the delivery of the State of the Nation address that had land expropriation as a talking point, the Eastern Cape MEC released a statement inviting commercial farmers in the drought stricken Western Cape to move and invest in the Eastern Cape, something a land rights group describes as an insult to small-scale farmers.
Government slow to fix storm damaged school
Learning and teaching is compromised in one of the schools affected by a recent storm in the Eastern Cape. The Department of Education claims that Disaster Management has not finalised the report, three weeks after the school’s roof was damaged.
Public toilets access in some towns in the Eastern Cape
There are towns in the Eastern Cape that one needs to avoid when having a running stomach. This is because these towns lack public toilets and in some you have to pay before using them. To use a clean toilet in these towns you must be willing to pay at least R2.
Parents and learners want deployment of their favourite teacher reversed
The redeployment of teachers is presenting some challenges for communities and schools in the Eastern Cape, since the decisions of school administrators can be irrational and can anger parents and learners.
Careworkers march for better working conditions
Workers from the National Union of Care Workers of South Africa marched from Bisho Stadium to the offices of the Eastern Cape Department of Health to highlight the poor conditions that care workers work under, especially the issue of working discontinuously for years under contracts.
Ramaphosa officially opens Empilisweni HIV/AIDS and Orphans care centre
Empilisweni Centre, mainly funded by National Lottery, helps the community of Ndevana and surrounding areas. It has 200 volunteers who do door-to-door visits to needy families. They clean houses for elderly people, assist orphans and help patients with chronic conditions and those who struggle to travel either due to lack of finance or sickness.
Ten mobile classes delivered in Dedeni Primary school
Ululations, clapping of hands and dancing occurred at Dedeni Primary school in Lusikisiki, north of Port St Johns, when the Eastern Cape Department of Education delivered 10 mobile classes and toilets early this month.
Eastern Cape parents take matters in their own hands and build a school
When the Eastern Cape Department of Education failed to provide their children with a school, parents of Dedeni village in Lusikisiki, north of Port St Johns, took matters into their own hands.
Man with ABET certificate a teacher at Eastern Cape high school for nine years
An unqualified teacher has been teaching Maths and Science for the past nine years in Ngqamakhwe. The Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDOE) is investigating […]
Shortage of teachers threatens to close Mdantsane school
The education crisis in the Eastern Cape is set to continue as some primary schools are set to close down because of a lack of […]
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