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ECDC appoints new CEO (opens the original)
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The Eastern Cape Development Corporation has formally confirmed the appointment of Simpiwe Somdyala as its new group CEO. Somdyala transitions to the provincial economic development agency from the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA), where he had served as CEO since January 2025. ECRDA board spokesperson Zolisa Magini confirmed that the agency has activated its interim succession framework to manage the administrative transition. During his tenure at the ECRDA, the entity achieved an
Solidarity challenges Amazon’s R1.9bn spekboom project (opens the original)
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SA trade union Solidarity has raised formal concerns regarding Amazon’s massive Spekboom Restoration Project in the Eastern Cape. Solidarity’s Research Institute (SRI) is investigating whether the project’s eligibility requirements for local employment conflict with Amazon’s stated global commitments to equality and inclusion, Kouga News reported at the weekend. Solidarity has indicated it will take further action if it finds the project enforces absolute exclusion based on race. While Amazon an
Numsa suspends historic BAIC strike but tension remains high (opens the original)
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A gruelling 11-week strike at the R11bn BAIC auto building plant in Nelson Mandela Bay has been suspended -- but the tension is far from over in one of SA’s most historic and precedent-setting industrial protests. Production was all set to resume next week at the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) factory after the National Union of Metalworkers of SA officially suspended the 78-day standoff. Numsa Eastern Cape regional secretary Mziyanda Twanti said the plan was for workers to start returning sl
BKCOB’s year of the entrepreneur (opens the original)
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The Border-Kei Chamber of Business kept a number of balls in the air this year while deftly adding several new ones. Presenting her overview at the chamber’s AGM on Thursday, held at the Blue Lagoon conference centre in Blue Bend, CEO Lizelle Maurice said one of the highlights of the calendar was the new entrepreneur competition, launched in partnership with King Phalo Airport, in June. The programme involves a 10-week business accelerator programme for 20 promising SMMEs, including mentorship i
Mountain passes closed amid icy roads, floods and heavy snow (opens the original)
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The SA Weather Service issued Level 6 weather warnings of widespread flooding and dangerous snowfall across several municipalities in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, disrupting transport networks and raising safety concerns for residents and schoolgoing children. Heavy rains affected both coastal and inland regions, with communities in Qumbu, Nyandeni, Port St Johns and Lusikisiki among the hardest hit. Heavy, dangerous snowfall blanketed the extreme north-eastern high grounds and southern Draken
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