School principals condemn underage drinking
Following reports of underage drinking after the Hoerskool Grens Sports Festival on March 11, school principals across the city released a public appeal on...
Msaki bids farewell in outstanding final show
East London’s Asanda Mvana, known in the music industry as Msaki, bid farewell to the public stage in an outstanding final performance at the...
Community cleans up Aspiranza clinic
Following cries for help from hospital staff at Aspiranza Clinic, the community of Buffalo Flats extension set to work, clearing bushes and cleaning up...
Housing backlog leads to protest
Residents from Parkside and Buffalo Flats Extension marched to City Hall on March 15 to protest the housing backlog in the metro.
Residents say they...
HPP Ladies reach finals for Waterpolo Currie Cup
For the second year in a row, East London hosted the National Waterpolo Currie Cup tournament from March 17-20 and the city’s own High...
End of an era for EL institution
TAMMY FRAY
Operating for over 40 years, the Ideal Butchery in Cambridge on Queen Street closed its doors for the last time on March 3.
Founded...
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...
Cambridge West housing project grinds to a stop
The controversial low-cost housing development happening in Cambridge West has come to stand still as a result of contractual disputes between Buffalo City Metropolitan...
Milner Estate residents take on scrapyards
Saturday March 4 saw disgruntled residents from Milner Estate take to the streets in protest against scrapyards operating in the community despite court orders...
Chaos reigns at Roundhill site
According to the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality management report for 2022, the Roundhill landfill site is in need of urgent intervention.
BCM was issued with...
Home need support to care for children
Since 2018, Guardians of Hope has cared for 152 abandoned, abused and neglected children in the metro, however, after having had to move premises,...
Community in Blue are turning tide at Nahoon
In the three months that Community in Blue volunteers have been patrolling Nahoon Beach, there has been a marked improvement, say residents.
One resident, who...
Waterworld workers left high and dry waiting for outstanding pay
Full salaries owed to sub-contractors and general workers at the Waterworld reconstruction project are yet to be paid out.
During the week of February 9,...
Minister’s bursary in honour of father goes to top pupils
Last year, former minister of public administration Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi visited John Bisseker Secondary School to launch a R10,000 bursary for a deserving pupil, in...
Come search for gems at Scratch Patch in East London
A Scratch Patch involves spending time and money looking for pretty rocks, and as improbable as this sounds, they popular among parents and children...
Hard hit schools finally open
A month after schools in the city reopened, pupils from Pefferville Primary and Alphendale Senior Secondary schools are finally back at their desks.
Both schools...
Fed up parents protest as school doors remain closed
On February 6, desperate Alphendale parents protested over the education department’s delay in getting the repair work done so their children can get back...
Waterworld work still on hold
While work on the Waterworld upgrade project is still on hold and subcontractors and workers have gone without pay for three months, contractual disputes...
Undiscovered talent on display at exhibit
The works of rising talents such as Tango Bobo and Evert Esterhuizen, as well as still unknown artists is on display in the innovative...
Pupils losing out on vital class time
Pupils and teachers at Parklands Special School are struggling to keep up with the 2023 curriculum due to an ongoing dispute with the Department...
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...
Shack fire victims suffering
Pefferville residents who lost their homes to shack fires during December have still not been provided with temporary shelter from the municipality.
Community members who...
Thieves strip newly fixed traffic lights
Just 48 hours after being repaired, the traffic lights at the N2 off-ramp to Gonubie were stripped once again by cable thieves on January...
Residents finally receive street light
After 30 years of pleading with the municipality, the residents of Greenwich Street in Pefferville are finally receiving a much needed street light.
The street...
Community in Blue saving Nahoon
During December, ward 18 residents, in collaboration with the SAPS, launched the Community in Blue volunteer initiative which is aimed at enforcing bylaws on...
Pefferville Primary’s pupils still stuck at home
While pupils across the metro have been in classes for a week, children attending Pefferville Primary are still unable to return due to thieves...
New commercial gallery to assist local creatives
The Eastern Cape Design Focus launched a new commercial art gallery on January 12 called Limani, situated on Old Transkei Road.
The aim is to...
Alphendale pupils stranded due to theft and vandalism
It was back to school for many pupils on Wednesday but this was not the case at Alphendale Senior Secondary School in Buffalo Flats.
After...
OPINION – East London Residents share views on pit bull saga
The Pit Bull Federation of SA recently said in a statement that the owners of pit bulls which attacked or killed people should be...
Fear and misconceptions over prostate cancer deadly
Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men...
Mdantsane Creative Hub to host family arts festival
The Mdantsane Creative Hub is preparing to host the Indibano Arts Festival on December 10 at the Mdantsane Community Arts Centre.
The fun event is...
Eastern Cape doctors working together to combat challenges
At an inaugural EC Medics gala dinner on November 19, a strong collective of medical professionals and businesses across private and public sectors pledged...
Petzer first female slot car champion in 57 years
Local slot racer Louise Petzer, recently crowned the SA Model Car Association (Samca) national champion, is the first woman to achieve this title in...
EL para surfer set for world championships
TAMMY FRAY
Local para-athlete JP Veaudry has been selected to the South African side set to compete in the World Para Surf Championships in December...
Cruise liner season kicks off with visit from MS Europa 2
On November 1 the Port of East London welcomed the first cruise liner to the city, marking the official launch of the 2022/23 cruise...
Hudson High star wins scholarship
Outstanding Hudson Park High School rugby player Sibabalwe Mahashe, who captained the SA U18 rugby team in the international Test against France and England,...
Athletes awarded for bringing home the medals
The Buffalo City Modern Pentathlon Association closed off a successful season of biathle and triathle locally with awards presented to its top competitors in...
Krishna Festival of Chariots comes to EL
or the first time, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in East London will host an internationally celebrated event, the Festival of Chariots, which...
Local library welcomes new computer room
Through the efforts of the ward 28 councillor’s office, the Beacon Bay Library will open the doors to its new computer room in early...
Letter to the editor, Milner Road filth needs long-term fix
The letter to the editor in the Go October 28 refers:
The business owner who wrote the letter is completely justified in expressing his frustration...
Museum delights with colouring book
Ahead of Christmas, the Friends of the East London Museum have launched an informative colouring book for children which features some of the museum’s...
Lack of services in Cambridge
Frustrated residents from ward 4’s Cambridge and Cambridge extension held a community meeting with ward councilor Lemarc Stewart on October 26.
Their main concerns raised...
Winning BOM Talent Search artists announced
The winning artists in the Battle of Municipalities (BOM) Talent Search have been announced, with their paintings displayed at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery...
Beachfront projects to be ready by end November
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency (BCMDA) hosted a stakeholder’s meeting on October 13 to provide feedback on progress made in the Court Crescent...
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...
