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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

BCM loses R70m in electricity theft in six months

  Buffalo City Metro lost around R70m in electricity theft in a period of six months as a result of meter tampering and illegal connections. This...

Looking Back (12)

Green Point in East London was an immensely fashionable picnic and boating spot from almost the late 1800’s until 1930’s. Ferries were available to...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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! &...

DCS helps community on Mandela Day

UPDATE: In the King William's Town print edition of the GO! & Express, the wrong photograph was used with this story. The photo, whose...

BCM sitting crashes over Madiba event

  A Buffalo City Metro council meeting collapsed on Wednesday after a heated debate erupted over an attempt to spend millions of ratepayers’ money on...

Looking back (11)

An exquisite old post card circa 1907- the mouth of the Buffalo River,  East London, showing two ‘barques’ against the breakwater on the right;...

11 robberies in 14 days in EL

Almost one business a day has been robbed in East London over the last 14 days. Yesterday it was the turn of a second Pep...

Malema vows ‘to take Nkandla back’

  Julius Malema has launched a new project on the former president Jacob Zuma. He  said the party would start to campaign to take  Zuma's...

No help for BCM meter sufferer

A frustrated Buffalo City Metro ratepayer, Ndileka Shwababa, has been forced to depend on metro employees to load electricity onto her faulty electricity meter...

WCFM Book Drive turning the pages

THE East London community can gear up for an exciting inaugural Wild Coast FM Book Drive which aims that will help to make reading...

Feeding the hungry

  Non-profit organisation, Helping Those In Need, held an outreach at the Durban Flats in Duncan Village on Wednesday. The organisation helped feed more than...

Boost for Border cancer patients

CANCERCARE Border Oncology Centre launched their new state-of-the-art linear accelerator machine at the St Dominics Hospital last week. Equra Health officially unveiled the new machine...

KWT Post Office on strike

Post Office workers affiliated to the King William’s Town branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have been picketing outside the King William’s Town...

Plucky teen wins tank

The GO! & Express ran a month- long competition where one lucky winner stood a chance to win a massive 5,000l water tank, courtesy...

Looking back (10)

The ‘tender’ (passenger boat on the left) owned by The Union Castle Line. She was much bigger that the Koodoo, a previous boat, and...

Fort Hare cancels exams after noise disruptions

The University of Fort Hare has cancelled what it hoped would be the last leg of their examination season. The university mid-year exams were disrupted...

Anger over sex violence in city

Incidences of sexual violence against women in Buffalo City Metro are among the highest in the country, with sex workers at the receiving end...

Search on for boy gone missing

Parents of a 15-year-old Hudson Park High School pupil, Lulama Magau, have opened a case of a missing person at the East London police...

Life skills course boosts youth

MASITHETHE Counselling Services (formerly Lifeline East London), in partnership with Community Action Against Drugs (CAAD), held a five-day Personal Growth and Leadership skills course...

Telling story of kids deserted by fathers

NDEVANA local, Cinga Dyala is the author of the book Sihle Tells the Tale, which tackles the issue of absent fathers and how it...

It’s snowing again SA

Snow blanketed vast parts of South Africa's mountainous regions on Saturday in the Western Cape‚ Eastern Cape and large parts of the Drakensberg. Neighbouring Lesotho...

Don’t go in the water: How the Jaws Effect hurt sharks

When Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" hit theatres in 1975, it did more than just help invent the concept of the summer blockbluster. It also played...

Dynamic dance showcase

The Dynamic Body Studio's Holiday Club's showcase performance took place on Tuesday and Wednesday night at the Arts Theatre Club in East London. Dancers from...

Parkside CMR office opens

THE Christelike Maatskaplike Raad (CMR) has expanded its services offices and have recently by opening a new satellite office in Parkside. CMR East London has...

African art works on display

NTOBEKO Mjijwa will be exhibiting his African-inspired artwork at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery in East London from tomorrow until Wednesday. Mjijwa is a lecturer...

Flying squad’s wings clipped

The Mdantsane police cluster flying squad is grounded. It does not have a single functioning vehicle. The cluster fights serious crime in a large area...

Changes to diet help bears of EL Zoo return to health

Gina and Jenny, the brown bears of the East London Zoo, are looking much better, according to Lionel de Lange, CEO of Lawrence Anthony...

Search on for armed gang who robbed store

A manhunt is under way  for three heavily-armed men who allegedly robbed the Cambridge Pep store in East London making off with a large...

Call to share memories of EL flood

On this day 48 years ago, East Londoners had no clue they were soon to be hit by a massive flood which left 12...

Threat to shut down BCM cemeteries

Grieving families could be barred from conducting funeral services at metro cemeteries this weekend if city authorities fail to come to the table and...

Poor state of roads angers residents

SOME  roads in the East London suburbs of Cambridge and Southernwood are in dire need of refurbishment. Reporters from the GO! & Express  drove to...

Scouted for world stage

Okuhle Mpepo, 16, has been scouted to seen her passion for acting rewarded after earning an opportunity to represent South Africa and East London...