The Eastern Cape's biggest newsmakers of 2021

Some were familiar faces, while many shot to the headlines from obscurity. A number of people from the Eastern Cape made headlines in 2021. Young and old, they had the public shocked, cheering, intrigued or proud. Sindiswa Gomba Former health MEC SindiswaGomba was axed in February by premier Oscar Mabuyane for her implication in the NelsonMandela funeral scandal.