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...
SASSA Social Grant Payments for the month of April 2021
SASSA Social Grant April 2021
SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of April 2021, and are as follows:
Older Person’s Grants...
Shamrock Pies expands with new warehouse in Cape Town
East London’s much-loved Shamrock Pies celebrated their 50th birthday this year with the launch of a Cape Town warehouse.
A homegrown brand, Shamrock, is well...
Social grant payment dates for January 2021:
*Older Person's Grants will be paid from 04 January 2021 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS)
*Disability grants will be paid from 05...
Smart pupil heads to Dubai on academic tour
EMIHLE MBANGATHA
The East London community, Hudson Park High School, and the Volmink family are coming together to support grade 11 pupil Alysa Volmink as...
SASSA Social Grant Payment dates for the month of February 2021...
SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of February, and are as follows:
Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 3...
Pink Fairy’s marathon effort raises R23k for Qonce SPCA
Michael Webb, affectionately known as the Pink Fairy, recently completed the Comrades Marathon to raise funds for animal welfare.
He ran his 23rd consecutive marathon...
SASSA Social Grant Payments for the month of June 2021 –...
SASSA Social Grant June 2021
SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of June, and are as follows:
Older Person’s Grants will...
Self-confessed druglord walks free after paying R1m fine
Eastern Cape mandrax druglord Livingstone Napoleon, 61, has evaded a 10-year prison sentence after entering into a plea agreement with the state to pay...
UIF to start processing last round of Covid-19 Ters benefits
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will open and begin processing the latest and last round of Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme Benefits (Covid-19 Ters)...
Singer and Idols star Thami Shobede dies
Singer and Idols SA runner-up Thami Shobede has died at age 31, his record label Gallo Records confirmed.
Shobede died at Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria...
Injured angler making good progress
Just a month after a near-fatal car accident, Border angling U21 medalist Dylan Botha told GO!&Express that he owes his survival to God and...
Bavuma book launch
Popular Umhlobo Wenene FM (UWFM) radio personality Mafa Bavuma launched his book Born For This at the Steve Biko Centre in Ginsberg, King William’s...
SASSA May 2021 payment dates
The official payment dates for SASSA recipients in the month of May have been confirmed by the agency – but South Africans will have to say...
Mystery of ‘Rietbok’ crash possibly solved
One evening in October 2021, a man whose head was swathed in a scarf, hoodie, mask and dark glasses, entered the offices of Gqeberha...
End of a sailing era as port ends lease
Open letter to the public from Lawrence Haw, commodore.
The East London Yacht Club story: 3pm on October 31 will mark the end of 78...
Set for world debate
MERRIFIELD College pupil, Dominique Plaatjes has been selected to represent South Africa at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in Sydney, Australia,...
October 2020 social grant payment dates:
Older Person's Grants will be paid from 05 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS)
Disability grants will be paid from 06...
Matriculant who died in December obtained five distinctions
A pupil from St Benedict’s college in Bedfordview‚ Ekurhuleni‚ who died before seeing his matric results‚ obtained five distinctions.
The school said it was mourning...
East London actor wows on international stage
Passion and love for the arts kept distinguished theatre artist Sonwa Sakuba’s dream alive as he performed on an international stage in The Lion...
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...
December 2020 – Sassa grant payments dates
SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of December, and are as follows:
Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 1...
BODY WASHES UP ON NAHOON BEACH
MESSAGE FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE EASTERN CAPE CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, EASTERN CAPE
EC: Cambridge - 1 November 2018.
Police have opened an inquest docket following...
Man charged for kidnapping of East London businessman Schalk van der...
The 30-year-old male who was taken in for questioning by police on Saturday afternoon has been linked to the crime and charged for the...
March 2021 payment dates for SASSA Social Grants
SASSA Social Grant March 2021
SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of March, and are as follows:
Older Person’s Grants will...
Beloved Selborne teacher bows out after 41 years
KAZIMLA MFIKILI
For the first time in 41 years, Selborne College will begin its academic year without the presence of recently retired and beloved history...
Celebrating 20 years
Celebrating two decades in the business, SuperSPAR Highway in Mdantsane recently honoured their five “long service” workers who have been with them since the...
New Zwelitsha industrial facility to help SMMEs
At a milestone event for the province, Lovedale TVET College, in partnership with the department of trade and industry (DTI), launched a new specialised...
Unite to save Buffalo Regatta
The various newspaper articles in the Daily Dispatch and the Go & Express about the future of the Buffalo Regatta refer.
The Buffalo Regatta is...
Gqeberha chef wins tavern showdown
The Eastern Cape leg of the first-ever Mzansi Tavern Cook-off competition took place at the Blue Ribbon Catering and Hospitality School on Tuesday and...
Driver and passenger attacked at Buffalo Pass
AN EAST London driver and passenger were left shaken after being attacked while driving through Buffalo Pass last week.
The driver, who wished to remain...
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...
SARB runs workshop to help the blind and visually impaired identify...
The South African Reserve Bank, in partnership with the SA National Council of the Blind and Blind SA, hosted a currency authentication teaching and...
Veggie gardens saving little lives
Project helps community to grow, make own baby food
IN AN effort to help combat malnutrition in children, the Small Projects Foundation (SPF) has established...
Woman vanishes at EL CBD taxi rank
A young woman on her first ever visit to East London has been reported missing amid fears that she may have been abducted.
Charedene Myburgh,...
Masithethe Counselling opens new King centre
Masithethe Counselling Services opened a new centre r in King William’s Town last week Thursday.
Masithethe director Jackie Orsmond said the main goal of the...
Renier Grobler: A life cut tragically short
The 1969-70 Springbok rugby tour of Britain and Ireland became known as the “demo-tour,” with anti-apartheid activists using every opportunity to turn the playing...
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...
New Sharpley book to help others
GASTER Sharpley’s book launch took place on Monday at BMW in Berea and was attended by more than 50 people, including Buffalo City Metro...
Warning for EL families as dinos return to town
The highly anticipated Dinosaur World festival, set to take place at Police Park in East London next month, may not be all it claims...
Home of Modern Learning: Education without barriers
Home of Modern Learning (HML) is a newly registered private secondary school in Cambridge with a proud history of educational excellence.
Established in 2017 as...
JUST IN | Wife of ex-Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers, drowns
An inquest docket has been opened after a woman's body was found floating in a pool in Gqeberha on Monday.
The deceased has been identified...
JUST IN | SA could move to level two this week...
The country could move to Level 2 this week if Cabinet accepts a recommendation from directors-general to open more sectors of the economy.
A forum...
‘Idols SA’ winner to sign with Kalawa Jazmee
The winner of Idols SA season 16 will be signed to independent record label Kalawa Jazmee.
The show’s contract with Gallo Records came to an...
Trust gives elderly hope
Struggling old age homes supported to provide care for those who can’t afford it
WITH the cost of living rising dramatically and old age pensions...
Judge rebukes East London attorney for ‘extreme greed’
East London attorney Frans Maritz has been severely rebuked by the high court for his “questionable integrity” and “extreme greed” in helping himself to...
ECLB takes steps to curb underage drinking
COMMEMORATING: Runners participate in the 21km race in honour of 21 Enyobeni victims. Picture: MARK ANDREWSOn June 21, the Eastern Cape Liquor Board confirmed...
Spend 12 hours in a kennel for SPCA
In a bid to meet their financial obligations to the animals, Meyers Motors Bazaar has partnered with the SPCA on an exciting fundraising initiative...
All boots and glitter …
Glitter, boots, star-studded uniforms and discipline is what the East London community have been exposed to as the South African Majorettes and Cheerleading Association...
Gladwin turns alcohol addiction into show
Singer and songwriter Jason Gladwin is celebrating the power of recovery with a special intimate show at 2 Twelfth Avenue, Gonubie on Friday February...





























































