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Two NMU students drown at Sardinia Bay beach
Two Nelson Mandela University students drowned while swimming in Sardinia Bay on Saturday morning, during a Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (daso) event.
Police spokesperson Col...
Government dragging feet in PPE tender fraud, DA
The Democratic Alliance has criticised the lack of action being taken by EC premier Oscar Mabuyane in response to the revelations of major fraud...
Loadshedding a ‘devestating blow’ to EC farmers – DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has levelled heavy criticism at Eskom following the bout of loadshedding at the weekend.
SA shadow MEC for rural development and...
More than 3‚500 apply for government’s R150m relief programme
More than 3‚500 applications have been made for the R150m relief fund made available by the Department of Sports‚ Arts and Culture.
On exactly 3‚500‚...
Helen Zille joins the Institute of Race Relations as senior policy fellow
Former Western Cape premier and former leader of the Democratic Alliance Helen Zille will add her voice to the Institute of Race Relations’ (IRR)...
DA shadow cabinet: What you need to know
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced its shadow ministers and functionaries in the sixth democratic parliament.
This a week after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his...
DA protest call: Eskom mess sign of larger crisis
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for a National Day of Action on Friday March 29 to protest against the ongoing electricity crisis.
The DA...
DA calls for closure of EL Zoo
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted a motion with the Buffalo City Metro municipality calling for the complete shut-down of the East London zoo.
The...
Outcry after children removed from places of safety
The Democratic Alliance has asked KwaZulu-Natal premier Willies Mchunu to intervene urgently to prevent a repeat of the Life Esidimeni tragedy after 197 children...
Opposition parties give EC premier a fail
Opposition political parties in the Eastern Cape legislature have described premier Phumulo Masualle’s five-year term as a complete failure.
Masualle will on Friday afternoon present...
Brendan Boyle, former Sunday Times and Daily Dispatch editor, has died
Experienced journalist and newspaper editor Brendan Boyle – who edited the Daily Dispatch and was executive editor of the Sunday Times – has died,...
DA’s Nqaba Bhanga calls for help for informal traders
Democratic Alliance (DA) premier candidate Nqaba Bhanga visited small businesses at the Zwelitsha Taxi Rank on Thursday January 17, as well as the Highway...
DA to bring no-confidence vote against BCM mayor
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted a motion of no confidence against Buffalo City Metro (BCM) executive mayor Councillor Xola Pakati which will be...
DA launches BCM housing inspections
Democratic Alliance (DA) Eastern Cape premier candidate Nqaba Bhanga recently led a series of housing inspections around the Buffalo City Metropolitan (BCM) area.
“The DA...
DA condemns BCM strike
NOT ON: The (DA) in the Buffalo City has condemned actions of striking Buffalo City Municipality Metro (BCMM) workers and their Union. “The municipality has...
Strikers shouldn’t fall into the trap of destructive behaviour
Well, it's finally over. After three gruelling weeks, the South African Municipal Workers (SAMWU) strike has reached an end.
I don't think I need to...
Malusi Gigaba resigns from parliament, joins unemployment line
Former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba has resigned as a member of parliament.
Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo confirmed on Thursday that Gigaba forwarded his resignation...
Quigney public toilets in state of neglect
Despite the Esplanade beachfront being regularly swamped with locals and tourists, there is growing concern about the state of the public toilets in the...
Clean up a call to BCM
BUFFALO Flats residents joined forces with the DA Democratic Alliance (DA) in a clean-up campaign that was launched by the party DA on Saturday...
Tale of delivery despair
In a bid to expose how government corruption compromises housing delivery, the DA Democratic Alliance (DA) conducted an oversight inspection in Duncan Village informal...
Cash-strapped SABC unable to pay all its bills
The SABC continues to sink deeper into financial crisis and is now unable to pay some of its service providers and producers.
The crisis has...
Parliament mulls lifeline for debt-riddled South Africans
Parliament’s trade and industry committee is in the final stages of processing a draft bill providing debt relief for heavily indebted consumers which remains...
Eight alarm bells at South African state hospitals
Public hospitals have become a death-trap for the poor‚ says Refiloe Nt’sekhe of the Democratic Alliance.
The party has produced this checklist of the top...
De Lille accuses DA of lying to the courts and to the country
In hard-hitting court papers‚ Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has accused the Democratic Alliance of lying to South Africa and to the High...
Grahamstown residents may get help from Nene-Mkhize teams
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene wants the provincial government to take over the running of 15 Eastern Cape municipalities who are in distress.
These include Makana...
‘Schools mirror society’- Fedsas CEO
The country has been witnessing a series of shocking videos showing violence by learners towards teachers or the other way round‚ but what does...
Maimane nominated unopposed as DA leader
Mmusi Maimane and James Selfe have been nominated unopposed respectively as the candidates for the positions of leader and federal council chairperson of the...
DA plea for youth centre
ABOUT 96 children may be moved from a 100-year-old King William’s Town Yyouth Ccare Ccentre to other homes in the region.
This comes after the...
Top BCM official suspended over Mandela funeral scandal
Buffalo City Metro chief financial officer Vincent Pillay has been suspended over the Nelson Mandela funeral scandal.
The decision was taken during a heated special...
ANC NEC’s failure to remove Zuma proves Ramaphosa is more of the same: DA
BY TIMESLIVE
The failure by the ANC NEC and ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa to recall Jacob Zuma on Wednesday only proves that the ANC is...
Metro steps up effort to fix gaping holes in city roads
Frustrated motorists in Buffalo City Metro can expect some relief from pothole-filled roads as a R109-million project to maintain roads, stormwater drains and bridges...
FULL STORY: BCM name changes on track
By Mamela Gowa
Buffalo City Metro is forging ahead with its plans to change geographical names throughout the metro.
Thirty-five names were put before council last week...
DA to lay charges against McKinsey over Gupta dealings
BY GRAEME HOSKEN
Charges of fraud‚ racketeering and collusion are to be laid against international consultancy firm McKinsey in connection with their facilitation of deals...
After 8 years and R30m… Zuma wants another chance to explain
BY GENEVIEVE QUINTAL
President Jacob Zuma has bet his future on a bewildering roll of the legal dice.
In a staggering about-turn on Thursday, Zuma has...
Zuma goes head to head with the DA in court this week
By Nomahlubi Jordaan
It is going to be a busy week in courts for President Jacob Zuma as he goes head to head with the Democratic...
Women march to create awareness on gender-based violence
By Simthandile Ford
The Democratic Alliance Women Network (DAWN) in Buffalo City Metro celebrated the national Women’s Day differently, training women on how to defend themselves against violence.
DAWN Eastern...
Budget goof strands pupils
The Eastern Cape Transport Department has failed to secure available extra funding to bus more than 29 000 Eastern Cape pupils when schools reopen...
DA wants NPA boss to be suspended
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has called on President Jacob Zuma to suspend National Prosecuting Authority boss Shaun Abrahams‚ accusing the country’s chief prosecutor...
BCM fight over ward stipends
Buffalo City Metro council speaker Alfred Mtsi has been tasked by council to “explore” a funding model that will ensure better pay for the...
DA gives UDM ultimatum: Dump deputy mayor Bobani or else
The Democratic Alliance has given United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa an ultimatum that he either fire or redeploy Nelson Mandela metro deputy...
Molefe implicated in Gupta coal mine ‘hijack’
South Africa’s former mineral resources minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has accused Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe and chairman Ben Ngubane of helping the Gupta family...
Public Protector mulls Molefe’s R30m golden handshake
The Public Protector has received two complaints regarding former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s R30.1 million golden handshake and is scrutinising the merit of the...
‘If not wanting Zuma is racist‚ then we are proud racists’ – Malema
"If not wanting Zuma is racist‚ then we are proud racists‚" EFF leader Julius Malema told an tens of thousands of marchers at the...
DA protester attacked outside Luthuli House
A DA protester was attacked by pro-Zuma supporters outside the ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Friday.
MK veterans‚ wearing camouflage uniforms‚ were lined up outside...
‘Zuma must fall’ march to go ahead despite it called illegal
Despite the South African government calling protests scheduled for today “illegal”, organisations in Buffalo City Metro (BCM) are going ahead with a planned march...
Why I raised the subject of colonialism on Twitter: Helen Zille
It would be too time-consuming to respond to every distortion, misrepresentation or falsehood that has been published relating to my series of 12 tweets...
Zille carried on digging hole deeper
As the ANC continues to disintegrate, it is becoming more important to assess the quality of available alternatives.
As a result, opposition parties like the DA...
‘I am not bringing any agendas‚ I am here to work’ – Public Protector...
Busisiwe Mkhwebane is seriously considering taking the Democratic Alliance to the cleaners for its allegations that she was a spy.
The Public Protector said on...
Road rage in city
Frustrated residents ask for BCM assistance
BUFFALO City Metro (BCM) residents are becoming more and more frustrated by the dreary state of the city’s roads,...
‘Fees cannot fall’
Professor Derrick Swartz addressing first year students and parents during a welcoming ceremony at Indoor Sport Centre on South Campus Picture: NOMAZIMA NKOSINMMU vice-chancellor...
