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4 days ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane |Lulamile Feni
Use land productively, Mashatile urges Eastern Cape claimants Premium By SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 11 May 2025 Deputy President Paul Mashatile has urged hundreds of Eastern Cape claimants who managed to have their land rights restored by the government to use the land productively so they may develop themselves and feed their families...
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6 days ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane
The government will forge ahead with implementing the Expropriation Act, Deputy President Paul Mashatile revealed on Friday. He made the announcement during the handing over of title deeds to the Qelana and Qolombana communities, who received their land rights through the state's restitution programme, at the Mabheleni Dam in Tsolo. “All these laws that took away people's land, we are addressing that now,” Mashatile said. “We want justice to be done. This is just the beginning.
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1 week ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane |Randell Roskruge
Call for MEC to have ‘shameless’ Kumkani Mhlontlo council dissolved Premium By SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 09 May 2025 A frustrated UDM councillor in the Kumkani Mhlontlo Local Municipality wants the Eastern Cape provincial government to take over the running of the rural municipality or have co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams invoke section 139 to have its council dissolved and the institution placed under administration...
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1 week ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane
Public health concerns after vandalism of water schemes Premium By SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 09 May 2025 The ongoing vandalism of water schemes and theft of crucial infrastructure including electricity panels and cables could have dire consequences on public health in many communities...
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3 weeks ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Lulamile Feni |Sikho Ntshobane
Tears flow at emotional memorial service for slain student Premium By LULAMILE FENI and SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 25 April 2025 At a moving memorial service on the Mthatha campus of Walter Sisulu University on Thursday, slain student Sisonke Mbolekwa was described as a “special young man” who cared deeply about others...
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3 weeks ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane
Commission to probe several incidents on WSU campus Family of killed student welcomes move but still plans to sue university Premium By SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 24 April 2025 While Walter Sisulu University’s council has set up an independent commission of inquiry to probe several incidents including the recent fatal shooting of student Sisonke Mbolekwa, his distraught family says it intends to sue the university for his death...
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3 weeks ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane
Questions raised over appointment of KSD official Interviews for chief risk officer post fraught with unfairness, says Samwu Premium By SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 23 April 2025 Senior managers and politicians have been accused of meddling in job interviews for municipal posts at the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality...
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3 weeks ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Lulamile Feni |Sikho Ntshobane
Drama as court bans broadcast of WSU student shooting trial Who is the victim here, demands EFF as firearm emerges as unlicensed, defence claims ‘domestic violence’ privacy rights Premium By LULAMILE FENI and SIKHO NTSHOBANE - 23 April 2025 The gun allegedly fired by a Walter Sisulu University official that claimed the life of 24-year-old third-year student Sisonke Mbolekwa amid a student protest at the Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha last week was unlicensed...
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3 weeks ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane
Security has been heightened outside the Mthatha magistrate’s court where a suspect in the murder of Walter Sisulu University student Sisonke Mbolekwa is making his first court appearance on Monday. Despite rain, hundreds of students are busy protesting outside, some carrying placards calling for the accused to be denied bail. Mbolekwa was fatally shot at the Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha last week. Daily Dispatch
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4 weeks ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane
Grieving family of Sisonke Mbolekwa visit WSU campus 17 April 2025 - 07:03 By SIKHO NTSHOBANE Distraught family members of 24-year-old Sisonke Mbolekwa who was fatally shot on Tuesday, allegedly by a Walter Sisulu University residence manager during a confrontation with students, have visited the site on the Mthatha campus where he drew his last breath...
