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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Mandilakhe Kwababana

    MPs to test Dotyeni’s allegations against Rhoode (opens the original)

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    Former crime intelligence analyst Pilasande Dotyeni’s perjury claims against presidential protection head Major-General Wally Rhoode are set to be tested in parliament this week. Portfolio committee on police chair Ian Cameron has called on Dotyeni to formally present his explosive claims before the committee this week. The hearing relates to the burglary in February 2020 at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm and the subsequent investigation by the police. The meeting is expected to be

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Mandilakhe Kwababana

    Children swim in unsafe dams while Mdantsane pool remains unfinished (opens the original)

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    For many children in Mdantsane, the heatwave means walking kilometres to swim in filthy dams, dodging adults who chase them away and taking their chances in waters where others have drowned, all while a multimillion-rand swimming pool remains closed. Temperatures climbed above 30°C in KuGompo City on Friday, exposing the lack of adequate swimming facilities in Mdantsane and surrounding areas, where several children were seen swimming in farm dams intended for livestock drinking water. Some of th

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Mandilakhe Kwababana

    ‘Assassination plot’ uncovered amid Sassa fraud crackdown (opens the original)

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    The South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa) intensified crackdown on fraud and corruption within its own ranks has resulted in an alleged assassination plot against a senior Eastern Cape official, as the agency looks to recover more than R10m stolen from its system. Sassa regional manager Bandile Maqetuka has revealed that he opened a criminal case in KuGompo City after receiving information earlier this month that a hitman had allegedly been hired to kill him. The threat, which he believ

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Mandilakhe Kwababana

    New party with focus on community issues to contest elections in Ndlambe (opens the original)

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    A new political party is set to contest for power in the Ndlambe municipality, promising to put service delivery and community interests at the centre of local governance. The Ndlambe Citizens Movement (NCM), which started as a civic movement, is contesting all 10 wards in the municipality in the upcoming local government elections. The municipality covers the coastal town of Port Alfred and Alexandria, popularly known as Ebumnyameni. According to its mayoral candidate and co-founder Anda Ngelez

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Mandilakhe Kwababana

    Residents demand completion of stalled Kidd’s Beach road project (opens the original)

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    Fed-up Kidd’s Beach residents have demanded urgent intervention from Sanral over the stalled R75m upgrade of the R72/MR501 intersection, warning that the abandoned project has become a growing safety risk for motorists, school transport operators and the expanding coastal community. The Kidd’s Beach Ratepayers and Residents’ Association (KBRRA) and the Greater Kidd’s Beach Ratepayers Forum (GKBRF) say the partially completed interchange has left excavations, roadworks barriers and unfinished sec

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