The Eastern Cape House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders has elected Nkosi Gwazinamba Matanzima as chair and 34-year-old Nkosi Buchule Zimema as its youngest-ever deputy chair amid challenging times for the institution.
A pioneering rural healthcare project outside Mthatha using quad bikes and drones to deliver chronic medication serves as an example to communities across the Eastern Cape.
In rural Bhaziya near Mthatha, an innovative healthcare project is using quad bikes and overhead drone surveillance to deliver chronic medication directly to patients' homes, sparing vulnerable villagers exhausting 40km treks to the clinic.
The Eastern Cape agriculture department is investing R7m in a mega piggery in Ncise village near Mthatha to produce at least 1,000 pigs annually and boost local meat processing capacity.
