The arrest of three suspected cable thieves at a sewer pump station in Mthatha has heightened concerns among municipal leaders over ongoing infrastructure vandalism and its impact on public service delivery.
For the first time since 1994, the ANC will not field a candidate in Ward 19 of the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality, which encompasses Nelson Mandela's home village of Qunu.
Opposition parties in Buffalo City Metro have accused the ANC of employing underhanded election tactics, including defacing campaign posters and running an alleged 'jobs-for-votes' scheme through the EPWP.
Fed up with poor service delivery and unresponsive authorities, residents of Gandana village in Qumbu pooled their own money to repair a vital gravel road battered by potholes and rain.
