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A new child injury prevention initiative launched in BCM
ChildSafe SA, in collaboration with Woolworths, has announced the launch of a programme to reduce preventable injuries among children.
The Leave No Child Behind Child...
GO Metro – BCM intensifies battle against potholes
The Buffalo City metro’s roads branch has ramped up its efforts to address the city’s pothole crisis, repairing more than 5,500 potholes across the...
Hudson Park musos make fest debuts: Talented grade 10s perform as part of the...
Two Hudson Park High School musicians recently took centre stage at the provincial OR Tambo Choral Music Festival, performing with the Buffalo City Orchestra...
Clarendon High’s new 2025 RCL are prepared to lead: School wants to remain BCM’s...
Clarendon High School’s newly announced student leadership for 2025 expect an exciting and challenging year of leadership ahead, as the school sets its sights...
Ratepayers say legal action against BCM not off table
After August 8, we may witness ratepayers’ associations from across the city institute legal action against the Buffalo City Municipality’s (BCM) electricity tariff increases...
BCM ready for waveski invasion
Buffalo City is poised to welcome the world to its shores this weekend, as the final plans come together for the highly anticipated 2024...
New e-scooters boost to BCM tourism
Buffalo City Adventures is in the final stages of planning to introduce a fun and innovative way for people to learn more about East...
Tini empowers BCM residents through her real estate workshops
Xoliswa Tini, a prominent realty entrepreneur and innovator launched the first in a series of mentorship and workshop programmes on November 20, aimed at...
Global Entrepreneurship Week a beacon of hope for business-minded BCM youth
The Global Entrepreneurship Week came to East London for the first time from November 13-16.
It began in Mdantsane and continued on to Duncan Village...
BCM spending millions on repairing infrastructure
A report to be tabled at the BCM council today details millions the metro is spending on repairing stolen and vandalised electrical infrastructure in...
Go Metro – BCM vows to fix ablution facilities
On September 12, Buffalo City Metro, Border Kei Chamber of Business and Buffalo City Tidy Towns committed to refurbish ablution facilities at beaches and...
Residents taking BCM to court
Two residents from Pefferville are taking the Buffalo City Municipality to court on October 24 over failing infrastructure causing raw sewage to flow into...
BCM ratepayers off to court
On September 12, ratepayers from across the metro will be at the East London High Court to challenge the 80/20 credit control policy with...
BCMM open day scraps debt for some water bills
The fourth installment of the municipality’s Thetha Nathi roadshows was held on May 20 at the Gonubie BCMM offices at which MMC for Finance...
BCM contravention of Act is illegal, lawyer advises
It has been a month since BCM instituted the 80/20 credit control measure to recover funds from ratepayers but the implementation of this measure...
Ward-based funding reinstated across BCM
On April 3, BCM reinstated the ward-based funding for all 50 wards in the metro, enabling ward councillors to get back to implementing initiatives...
Letter to the Editor: BCM should spend rates income wisely
BY:DOUG BAKER
I have been a ratepayer for 45 years and I cannot believe that BCM are wasting a further R28m of ratepayers’ money on...
More funds for BCMDA projects
At a special budget adjustment meeting on February 28, the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality council agreed to provide an additional R28.9m towards Buffalo City...
Inaction and vandalism steal BCM budget: DA
Local DA members took to the streets in support of the party’s national protest against load-shedding on January 25, and to highlight inefficiencies in...
‘Coastlines’ focuses on BCM region’s treasures
Christo Hunt, who has vast knowledge of SA’s coastal fauna and flora, has dedicated many years of his life to caring for the Bufffalo...
BCM called to act on grim beaches, sewage issues
In December, DA-affiliated ward councillors handed over a petition to Buffalo City Metro urging that local bylaws be upheld at beaches.
The call was for...
BCM’s pothole patching begins with worst roads
Buffalo City Municipality launched its citywide road maintenance programme on October 7, after heavy rains in August and September caused substantial damage to already...
Potholes a huge problem for BCM
Potholes are an unfortunate reality that many Buffalo City Municipality residents are forced to deal with.
The rainy weather East London has been experiencing over...
BCM libraries grant amnesty for overdue fines
Buffalo City Metro Municipal Libraries have launched the Buyisa Book Campaign for September.
The library will have an amnesty on library fines on overdue books....
BCM honours pledge to the LGBTQI+ community
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality handed over 150 dignity packs as part of fulfilling its pledge to the LGBTQI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer...
BCM backs down on bid to tax water tanks
MIKE LOEWE
Buffalo City has backed down in the battle of the tanks.
On Monday, the metro announced that privately owned water tanks would be free...
BCM steps in to help residents after floods
The community of Duncan Village in ward 2, which was reportedly one of the worst affected areas during the recent floods, received some much-needed...
BREAKING | BCM disaster management on high alert with storms battering city
Buffalo City Metro is on high alert following continuous heavy rains and flooding across the city on Saturday morning.
The Metro said it has activated...
BCM hit harder by ongoing drought
Despite recent rains bringing some relief to the coastal region, BCM still finds itself gripped by a drought that continues to ravage the province.
As...
DA says priority is to get BCM working again
In the run-up to the local government elections on November 1, the DA’s BCM branch unveiled its manifesto last week.
The launch was led by...
BCM asks community to help stop illegal connections
BCM is calling on residents to help clamp down on cable theft and illegal elecricity connections, following a spate of vandalism in Santa, West...
BCM forgetting fallen soldiers
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
“Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
“At the going down of...
BCM gets strict on childcare centres
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, in conjunction with the department of social development, commenced a citywide operation to inspect childhood centres around East London last...
BCM launches campaign to vaccinate dogs after another child dies
By Mfundo Piliso
Buffalo City Metro and vets from the department of rural development & agrarian reform are running a campaign to vaccinate all dogs...
BCM mayor condemns destructive protests
BCM executive mayor Xola Pakati has condemned the recent destruction caused by protesters in East London, whose “extremely shocking, criminal and barbaric” actions led...
BCM’s major roadworks project kicks off
BCM executive mayor Xola Pakati took part in a sod turning ceremony recently to launch the expansion project at Settlers Way and Military Road.
According...
Water is safe to drink, says BCM
BCM has said that it wanted to assure residents that the municipal water was indeed safe to drink.
In a statement published on their Facebook...
SA Human Rights Council investigating BCM
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has announced that it will be investigating BCM following allegations of human rights violations by the DA.
According to...
Dam levels are mostly stable in BCM
Dam levels across BCM remained mostly stable this week, with only minor changes recorded by the department of water and sanitation (DWS).
This matches the...
BCM calls for water conservation
BCM is calling on residents to limit their water usage, as stage 3 restrictions continue in response to the ongoing drought.
Under stage 3 restrictions,...
Helen Neale-May confirmed as new BCM deputy mayor
Buffalo City Metro council elected ANC councillor Helen Neale-May as deputy mayor in a special council meeting on Tuesday.
Neale-May, who was serving as a...
Service delivery backlog in BCM
SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE
BCM has found itself having to deal with a service delivery backlog after after a series of protests led to the interruption of...
WATCH | Protesting BCM workers set fire to roads with burning tyres to block...
Sivenathi Gosa
BCM workers took to the streets on Thursday morning, blocking traffic with burning tyres and covering roads with litter.
This comes after a meeting...
BCM medical staff ready and willing to take vaccine, new study find
BHONGO JACOB
A new study from two Eastern Cape medics shows that 91.9% of staff at Cecilia Makiwane and Frere hospitals will take the Covid-19...
BCM ratepayer owes R1m, but will benefit from debt incentive scheme
A ratepayer in Bonnie Doon, East London, owes BCM more than R1m even though the home has been unoccupied for more than a year.
In...
Storm wreaks havoc in BCM
The storm that struck BCM on Saturday left many people homeless while power cuts continue to upset residents in the affected areas.
BCM's communications department...
BCM warns of fake job advert scams
Buffalo City Metro has distanced itself from fake job adverts and warned the public to be on the lookout for scams.
The fake adverts claim...
BCM scraps summer events, not initiation
In response to the large increase in Covid-19 infections, the BCM Command Council (BCMCC) said it will be closing public facilities and discouraging public...
BREAKING | Covid-19 claims the life of BCM deputy mayor
Buffalo City Metro (BCM) deputy mayor Zoliswa Matana has died of Covid-19 related complications. Her death on Wednesday morning was confirmed by mayor Xola...
BCM red-flagged as Covid-19 infections rise
An increase in Covid-19 infections in the past two days has raised a red flag over Buffalo City Metro.
East London, Bhisho, King William’s Town...
