Mthatha, South Africa (Local)
Not enough data
Sikho Ntshobane focuses on local news in the South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London area. His coverage predominantly revolves around evolving stories and breaking news related to politics, business, crime, community development and festive season events in Mthatha and OR Tambo.
For outreach to Sikho, consider providing updates or expert insights regarding ongoing developments such as infrastructure projects (e.g., hydropower stations), law enforcement initiatives (e.g., illegal firearms seizures), community issues arising from natural disasters (e.g., floods impacting villages), or significant changes within local businesses or government announcements.
Given his focus on evolving stories and breaking news around local communities and political affairs, potential sources should be well-versed in these areas or have direct involvement with the events being covered.
This information evolves through artificial intelligence and human feedback. Improve this profile .
Children as young as five are being carried on their parents' backs through a deep body of water to get to school in Mbotyi, Lusikisiki, in a situation the local municipality concedes is dangerous and requires urgent intervention.
Mabuyane appealed to traditional leaders to help trace eligible former mineworkers and their families, saying many people remained unaware that they
An estimated 370,000 former mineworkers live in the Eastern Cape, giving the province one of the country’s largest concentrations of potential beneficiaries.
Under fire OR Tambo district municipal manager Basil Mase is back at work, just a few weeks after requesting to be granted special leave.
The embattled Dr AB Xuma municipality, rocked by sustained protests which led to the total shutdown of Ngcobo, in the Eastern Cape, for several days last week, has appointed an acting municipal manager.
A group of 12 agriculture graduates recruited as interns through a state-sponsored skills development programme in Komani say they are owed nearly R300,000 in unpaid stipends.
Komani's most defining landmark, the Hexagon in the centre of town, is being given a multimillion-rand facelift more than 173 years after it was first built.
Angry parents at a violence-plagued school near Komani have accused Eastern Cape education authorities of putting pupils' lives at risk after three pupils were stabbed on the school premises on Monday.
A decision by the Kumkani Mhlontlo municipality to lease land for a proposed shopping mall in Tsolo has sparked anger among residents, politicians and business people, who are questioning the process and motives behind the development.
The parents of a 30-year-old woman who died in Cofimvaba Hospital in 2025 have made an impassioned plea to Eastern Cape health authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.
