Asanda Nini

1 week ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Asanda Nini |Sandile Ndlovu

217 Eastern Cape police officers probed for crimes MEC reveals that 12 have been convicted of serious charges and still remain in uniform Premium By ASANDA NINI - 19 June 2025 The Eastern Cape government has confirmed that 217 police officers are being investigated for crimes including fraud, serious assault, reckless and negligent driving, malicious damage to property, and helping criminals escape while in their custody. ..

3 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Asanda Nini

MONEY MATTERS: Eastern Cape finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko tabled an unchanged budget on Tuesday. Behind is speaker Helen Sauls-August Eastern Cape finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko retabled the province’s R100bn budget with no changes from just three months ago. Mvoko presented the 2025/2026 budget in Bhisho on Tuesday during a virtual event, attended by fellow MECs and MPLs.The budget speech comes after finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled a revised national budget in May 21.

1 month ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Asanda Nini |Siphosethu Ngcangisa |Alan Eason

Protest ignites over ‘deliberate’ water cuts After eight months of erratic supply, residents take frustration to the streets Premium By ASANDA NINI and SIPHOSETHU NGCANGISA - 13 May 2025 While persistent water challenges continue to hit many parts of BCM, frustrated residents of Nompumelelo Township in Beacon Bay on Monday blocked a number of main routes in protest against being without a consistent supply of running water for eight months...

1 month ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Asanda Nini |Ernest Mabuza

Fraud-accused soccer boss Ncobo withdraws from SuperSport show Premium By ASANDA NINI and ERNEST MABUZA - 07 May 2025 Following his arrest and court appearance on Monday, Premier Soccer League general manager and prominent Eastern Cape businessman and politician, Andile “Ace” Ncobo, has resigned from his other gig, SuperSport’s Extra Time show...

2 months ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mandilakhe Kwababana |Asanda Nini

Pressure grows on metro to get its house in order MEC, Bhisho legislature and councillors home in on failed infrastructure projects, demanding consequences Premium By MANDILAKHE KWABABANA and ASANDA NINI - 11 April 2025 Pressure is mounting against BCM bosses as national and provincial government officials circle the embattled metro over dodgy and dysfunctional infrastructure projects that continue to milk taxpayers’ money...