Infrastructure blamed for sewage overflow nightmare
“The municipality must acknowledge they have a problem with ageing infrastructure and insufficient maintenance. Sewage overflows into residential areas is completely unacceptable and cannot...
Cleaning up the clinics in Buffalo City
Local initiative, Asivikelane Health, is helping communities and healthcare workers in BCMM come together to tackle patient mistreatment, inefficient administration, and long queues at...
Court order for West Bank abandoned plots
The municipality has been issued with a court order to address the growing number of abandoned plots in West Bank within 180 days.
Issued in...
Gonubie to build new park on land prone to dumping
Residents of Gonubie have chosen to transform a plot of land, previously prone to dumping, into a lovely children’s playground.
This decision was made after...
Dorchester Heights residents fix potholes
After ongoing complaints and multiple attempts to get BCM to fix the gaping potholes in their area, frustrated Dorchester Heights residents have resorted to...
Calls for iconic beach slide to be repaired
Tidy Towns Buffalo City and Border Kei Chamber of Business (BKCOB) have renewed calls for BCMM to issue a tender for the repair of...
Milner Estate houses targeted by burglars, Criminals hide in overgrown bushes
This has been a financially and emotionally draining year for residents living on Reservoir and Connaught roads in Milner Estate, with house break-ins averaging...
Qinirha estuary mouth management plan given green stamp of approval
The Qinirha Estuary Management Forum (QEMF) is one step closer to securing preservation of the estuary and estuary mouth after the Eastern Cape Department...
Residents sign petition to reclaim their wards
In an endeavour to reclaim their neighbourhoods, residents of Buffalo City are joining forces to submit a petition to the municipality to address the...
Despite premier’s vow, Eastern Cape makes little progress addressing GBV
An accountability dialogue organised by Masimanyane Women’s Rights International on August 23 revealed that little has been done by local government departments this year...
Clean Team to tidy up local beaches
Two years ago, community members in KwaZulu-Natal, launched the Tidy Towns initiative which has managed to restore and maintain public beaches and this August,...
GO Metro – Organisation apologises for dumping, cleans up
June 1 saw Southernwood and Baysville residents up in arms against workers from local organization, Engage Men’s Health, who were attempting to dump their...
Go Metro – Buffalo City gets three new clinics on wheels
To alleviate gaps in accessibility to primary healthcare, three state-of-the-art Department of Health mobile clinics, will be making their rounds in communities across Buffalo...
GO Metro: Dangerous roads finally cleaned up
After four years of pleading with the municipality, the Gonubie Ratepayers Association has finally succeeded in forcing BCM to remove overgrown vegetation from 12th...
Community open hearts for graduate
Graduation ceremonies can be too costly for students like Tyra Ilunga to attend, but through the efforts of locals from East London close to...
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...
Project encourages culture of recycling
This year, Zamile Kuwana and Nothule Gezana’s Thandizam Trading Enterprise and Projects celebrates a year in the local waste management space.
Founded in 2022, Thandizam...
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...
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...
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...
Waterworld stalls again: workers strike over non-payment
Workers at East London’s Waterworld fun park downed tools on January 19 over wage issues, delaying the completion of the project further.
In October 2022,...
New trails aim to weed out criminals
In December, the community living near the corner of Hillcrest Drive and Coad Road in Beacon Bay launched the Park to Peak recreation trails.
The...
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...
GO Metro – Traffic department service challenges
Getting a driver’s license is a necessity for every motorist in SA. Due to the high number of people needing to get their learner’s...
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...
