Land expropriation threatens stability‚ says Institute of Race Relations
The way the question of land expropriation without compensation was being handled threatened the country’s stability‚ the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR)...
Caleb roars along the Border kart circuit
YOUNG GUN: Caleb Odendaal roars along the Border kart circuit during round 4 of the Border Championship on Saturday. Odendaal came first in the...
Rugby programme set to develop talent
LEO Mbini, coach of local rugby team Berlin Tigers, is hosting the first-ever U12 and U13 rugby tournament, called the Berlin School Rugby Revival...
SPCA market pulls at heart strings
The East London SPCA held an Open Day Winters Market at their animal sanctuary in Amalinda on Saturday morning.
The market usually takes place at...
Fourth annual Gulu Trail run entry triples
ADVENTURE runners took on nature in the fourth annual Gulu Trail at Farm 19 over the weekend.
The event was hosted by the Nedbank Running...
EL pupils benefit from career guidance session
GRADE 9 pupils learners from various high schools in East London gathered at Buffalo City College on Friday for an informative session on career...
047 album launch a surefire hit
MTHATHA music group 047 treated fans with their debut album launch at the Guild Theatre in East London on Friday evening.
The show kicked off...
Rich medal haul for young hip hop artist
CAMBRIDGE based hip hop/popping dancer, Carlos Bridger, has a spring in his step after winning first place lso known as Justin, came in first...
New magazine for DV school
Nontuthuzelo Primary School in Duncan Village launched its first school magazine at a fanfare event held at the school on Friday.
Magazine editor, Nomfuneko Daniso,...
EC Netball team defend title at the SAPS Netball Championships
The Eastern Cape Netball team are currently defending their championship title at this year’s SAPS National Netball Championships in the Western Cape which started...
Local Female DJ mixes up a sound storm
MUSIC may seem like a male-dominated industry, but female DJ Zimasa Maselwa, 29, popularly known as Thee Phoenix, has been breaking down gender boundaries...
Mdantsane woman stripped naked to open case against perpetrators
The young woman that was stripped naked and forced to parade in public by other women in Mdantsane has opened a case of crimen...
Stirling Primary to celebrate first reunion
STIRLING Primary School will host their first-ever reunion on August 17 where the Class of 1973 will indulge in memories of yesteryear.
Organiser Cheryl Botha...
Women’s Month tees off
Sports, recreation, arts and culture MEC Bulelwa Tunyiswa launched Women’s Month on Thursday in honour of late struggle heroine Albertina Sisulu.
Sisulu, the wife of...
Mdantsane Pilot flies high to live out his dream
A private pilot from Mdantsane, Andisiwe Mngqolo, 26, harboured ambitions from an early age to be a pilot one day now he is living...
Indigenous games ‘must be preserved’
TEAMS from all districts and metros participated in the annual Provincial Indigenous Games at East London’s Police Park at the weekend.
Department of sports, recreation,...
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...
March highlights plight of women
JOHANNESBURG non-profit organisation Rise-Up against Gender-Based Violence organised the Intersectional Womexn's March against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) yesterday morning which started at the East London...
Running elite tame Washie 100 Miler
LUCKY Maahlo and Evette Watson are taking a well-earned rest after winning the men’s and women’s sections of the popular ELB Washie 100 miler...
Hijackers kill two EL men
In a double tragedy, armed robbers shot dead two East London businessmen on Wednesday.
Brett Pope of Sanan’s Supermarket, and motorist JJ Kobus Fourie, who...
Nearly 100 pupils rushed to hospital
An estimated 100 learners from a school in the Eastern Cape were rushed to hospital after complaining of stomach ailments on Tuesday night.
The incident...
Businessman shot after offering hitchhikers a ride
An East London businessman was shot and killed in his truck on the Black Road on Wednesday morning.
According to his employee, the businessman, whose...
Boxing, street soccer, netball to commemorate Madiba’s centenary year
TO commemorate Nelson Mandela’s centenary year, the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC) , along with Buffalo City Metro Municipality...
EC hit by winter hunger crisis
People in the Eastern Cape are getting hungrier.
According to social development MEC Dr Pumza Dyantyi, many working people are increasingly battling to afford rising...
Judy Dlamini elected chancellor of Wits
Judy Dlamini has been elected chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.
A medical doctor by training‚ Dlamini‚ who is a leading businesswoman‚ author and...
Rutters takes one for the team
Stirling High School's very own Lauren Rutters shooting a goal for the Stirling 1st team Netball squad against Hudson Park High School recently Picture: SUPPLIED
Vandals run amok at Mdantsane school
A series of break-ins and vandalism at a fenceless Mdantsane high school has severely impacted on pupils’ performance.
The 87 matriculants at Hlokoma High School...
High risk of load shedding as pay dispute trips up Eskom
Eskom has warned of a high probability of load shedding on Tuesday as a strike continues over wages at the power utility.
The potential return...
Massive water wastage in EC
Huge water losses are draining Eastern Cape municipal coffers of half-a-billion rand.
Last year provincial municipalities lost almost half their water through leaking, decrepit infrastructure...
Massive water wastage in EC – R554m goes down the drain...
R554m has gone down the drain due to leaks and failing infrastructure in Eastern Cape.
Image: File
Huge water losses are draining Eastern Cape municipal coffers of...
Computers jam at BCM traffic fines section
Buffalo City Metro’s traffic fines office has been out of service due to computers being down since Thursday.
Testing centres in the metro have also...
Drum(mie) roll for EL
The Eastern Cape Majorette and Cheerleading Association (ECMA) is the proud host of the Samca National Championships to be held in East London next...
Slight petrol price increase in August
The petrol price will rise slightly from August 1, announced Energy Minister Jeff Radebe on Monday.
93- and 95-octane petrol will increase by 1c/l while...
Traffic fines office out of service due to computers
Buffalo City traffic fines office has been out of service due to computers being down since last week Thursday.
Motorists who have been unable to...
Velwano houses: call to claimants
Buffalo City Metro has called on 101 of its RDP beneficiaries to come forward to claim their spot in the multimillion-rand Velwano housing project.
City...
March against gender-based violence on the cards
South Africans from all walks of life have been extended an open invitation to join #TheTotalShutdown march on Wednesday.
The shutdown is planned as a...
Healer to motivate with talk
Daphne Williams will be giving a motivational talk about her interesting life journey at the Ann Bryant Coach House on August 2.
Williams sold all...
UFH student in court for beating child, 9
An Eastern Cape student teacher appeared in court in connection with the assault of a nine-year-old Grade 2 pupil with a duster.
The third-year University...
Floradale Primary School gets good vibes aplenty
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) celebrated Mandela Day with Floradale Primary School on Friday in Nompumelelo township in Beacon Bay, East London.
Excited foundation...
Story of hope amid grief
SUNRISE resident, Brenda Crompton, 72, has written her third book, Smiling through tears, which is about the journey of her late daughter, Lindy-Lee Reyanard,...
South Africans to get a fuel price breather as oil prices...
South Africans will be given a little breather at the petrol pumps next month.
The Automobile Association said on Friday that a better exchange rate...
Keeping dreams alive
Newly founded non-profit organisation, Dream Alive Foundation did their part on Mandela Day at Masizakhe Children's Home in Mdantsane. Foundation secretary Asive Sibenza said...
Mark Boucher is going to be a dad
It has been confirmed that former SA cricket star Mark Boucher is going to be a dad. His wife Carmen posted a picture of...
Boost for educare toddlers
A number of toddlers from Rosedale Play and Learn Educare in Amalinda enjoyed a fun-filled Mandela Day with McDonald's Amalinda on Mandela Day.
School principal...
ANCYL spread the love, care on Mandela Day
The ANC Youth League of Ward 20 in Mdantsane did their bit for Mandela Day by spending time with Nomzwakhe Hlobo, 73, in Mdantsane...
Chopper in hunt for gang in EL
A police chopper hovered above the East London skyline for more than two hours on Thursday in a frantic manhunt for seven heavily armed...
Stirling pupils top achievers at Olympiads
TOP ACHIEVERS: Left to right: Ashley Eichstädt, centre, in Grade 11, placed fourth overall in the national De Beers English Olympiad; while, from left,...
047 all dialled in for EL
Mthatha-based singing trio, 047 will be serenading East London locals on Friday at the Guild Theatre during the launch of their debut album, Wen’Ungowam...
‘Dumped’ by metro
Residents in Amalinda are fed up with calls to the municipality constantly falling on deaf ears when it comes to service delivery.
The GO! &...
Stirling pupils dazzle at matric dance
FOND FAREWELL: Stirling High School pupils, from left, Nishaan Vasi, Francisca Darkoh, Lauren Rutters and Francois Naude at their matric farewell on Saturday Picture:...





























































