Outrage after Eastern Cape community leader’s coffin transported by cattle cart

Appalling road conditions force Centane family to resort to desperate measures

An Eastern Cape municipality has apologised for its service delivery failings after a family had to use a cattle cart to transport the coffin of a community leader to his final resting place because of the atrocious condition of rural roads in the area. ..

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