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Mandilakhe Kwababana is an experienced, award-winning reporter and digital content producer for the Daily Dispatch. He has written extensively on a variety of topics in the Eastern Cape province.

The Bhisho Airport at Bulembu near Qonce.

Ciskei-era Bulembu Airport to become international export hub — Mabuyane

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says the provincial government been given the green light to operate Bulembu Airport as a cargo hub and intends using the facility to export agricultural products and support the struggling automotive…

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
  • Mpumzi Mshweshwe
Disgruntled ANC members marched outside Calata House in Qonce, on Monday, over what they call manipulation of branch processes. Picture: Sino Majangaza

Disgruntled ANC members air grievances in march on Calata House

Host of accusations against party leaders raised, ahead of looming deadline for election candidate lists

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Fire caused damage to a section of accommodation facilities at the Cambridge police station. Picture: Sino Majangaza

Action demanded on ‘shocking state’ of Eastern Cape police stations

Dozens of police stations in the Eastern Cape are facing an operational crisis, with nearly 40 running the risk of possible closure over deteriorating infrastructure and unsafe working conditions.

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
The ANC in the province is embroiled in legal disputes over the legitimacy of some of its structures and leadership processes, resulting in the postponement of its long-awaited provincial elective conference. File photo

Eastern Cape ANC faces fresh setback ahead of November 4

Branches plan protest over alleged manipulation of meetings and candidate nomination processes

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
DA leader Andrew Whitfield returns to the Bhisho legislature following the appointment of Yusuf Cassim as deputy minister of higher education and training. Picture:

DA’s Andrew Whitfield moves from parliament to Bhisho legislature

Whitfield is set to take over a party MPL seat left vacant by the departure of Yusuf Cassim

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen Vuyisile Ncata chats to SAPS members in KuGompo City on Tuesday. Picture:

‘Police not here to kill’: Eastern Cape police chief monitors protests

Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen Vuyisile Ncata has warned protesters in KuGompo City to remain on the right side of the law

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
KuGompo City organisers have arrived in Southernwood Park. Picture:

March and march organisers gathered in Southernwood Park

March and March organisers gather at St George’s Road in Southernwood Park, KuGompo City, ahead of anti-migrant protests

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen Vuyisile Ncata addresses the media on the state of SAPS readiness ahead of the June 30 protests. Ncata is flanked by deputy provincial commissioner Maj-Gen Nolitha Tito, left, and Buffalo City district commissioner Maj-Gen Christopher Wright. Picture:

Eastern Cape deploys additional officers as police prepare for June 30 protests

Eastern Cape police warn that any attempts to turn June 30 protests into violence, looting or xenophobic attacks will be met with swift and decisive action

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana

Protesters gather ahead of March and March protest in KuGompo City

March and March protesters, who are calling for tougher laws against illegal immigration, are gathering at Southernwood Park

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Controversial activist Ngizwe Mchunu will lead an anti-illegal-immigration protest in KuGompo City on Wednesday. Picture:

KuGompo City braces for anti-illegal immigration protest after Igbo king unrest

KuGompo City police are on high alert ahead of a March and March protest on Wednesday

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Founder of Masimanyane Women’s Rights International Dr Lesley Ann Foster, who has stepped down as its director, is now engaged in global advocacy.

Families frustrated by slow progress in child rape cases

Wheels of justice turning too slowly for many traumatised Eastern Cape households

  • Sivenathi Gosa
  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Lwazi Rotya who interdicted the provincial 10th elective conference, is now facing suspension from the ANC. Picture:

EC ANC starts disciplinary action against members for ‘undermining internal processes’

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has begun disciplinary action against several members who took the party to court in a bid to halt its provincial conference scheduled for March, issuing them with notices of intention to suspend

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Nakhane Rafani, 4, drowned in an exposed municipal drain in Alexandria last week while playing with friends at the unsecured pump station

Alexandria residents outraged over boy’s gruesome death

Alexandria residents are in an uproar following a tragedy that unfolded last week when the body of a four-year-old boy was found at the bottom of a drain after his mother had reported him missing earlier in the day.

  • Geoff Hookins
  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
Tens of thousands of people have objected to Eastern Cape name changes.

Legal battle looms over KuGompo City and Robert Sobukwe Town names

Lobby group argues Graaff-Reinet name change was ‘unconstitutional, lacked proper public participation’

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
  • Aphiwe Deklerk
Port Alfred-based construction company Top Rock Aggregate Group, which claims it signed a R90m contract with Joktel-linked entities in January for landscaping and civil works at the Fish River Resort, has halted all work at the site amid fraud allegations.

Hawks probe alleged fraud in Fish River resort revival project

The Hawks are investigating fraud allegations linked to a proposed R4bn redevelopment of the abandoned Fish River Resort near Port Alfred, months after investors promised to transform the site into a luxury tourism destination that would…

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
  • Mpumzi Mshweshwe