Celebration time – but matric won’t cut it in tough job...

A bleak future awaits job-hunting matriculants who completed their final exams yesterday as the country continues to shed jobs at an alarming rate. Some 105000...

Residents’ struggle for RDP homes

Frustrated residents in a Buffalo City Metro township yesterday complained to DA parliamentarians of their years-long struggle to acquire RDP houses. Unit P residents also...

End of the road for upgrades

Good news in sight for those tearing their hair out trying to get through the Buffalo City centre – the roadworks along Fleet Street...

Joan Harrison pools shut after workers force out swimmers

After a brief protest held by staff at the Joan Harrison pools this morning, the pool has now been reopened to the public following...

Armed heist at busy store

Police have launched a manhunt for a “chubby” gunman who robbed a busy Vincent grocery store in broad daylight yesterday and made off with...

Spain: studless boots and all

Even though he wears hand-me-down studless soccer boots, 15-year-old Juliano Botha from Pefferville has been selected to play in a soccer tournament in Barcelona,...

Moody’s maintains SA’s rating above junk but puts country on review...

SA received a reprieve from Moody’s on Friday night‚ with the agency remaining the most generous of the big three credit rating agencies in...

Marais aims higher after record innings

There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the irresistible form of Border star Marco Marais, who produced one of the greatest innings ever seen at...

New coelacanth book to keep legendary story alive

ON SATURDAY (November 18), Mike Bruton launched The Annotated Old Fourlegs: The Updated Story of the Coelacanth at the East London Museum. Bruton said it...

Oscar Pistorius’s sentence increased to 13 years‚ five months

By Nomahlubi Jordaan Oscar Pistorius’s six-year jail sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been increased to more than 13 years. The Supreme Court of Appeal...

Malls braced for Black Friday frenzy

By Barbara Hollands East London and Mthatha malls are expecting a bumper Black Friday today as the US retail tradition of one day of rock-bottom prices...

R50k reward for information

IN LINE with the SAPS’s back-to-basics policing approach, detectives have a mandate to thoroughly and responsively investigate every crime and to ensure that perpetrators...

Real story behind Black Friday tradition

Shopping frenzy has roots in stock market free fall IT MAKES sense that the term “Black Friday” might refer to the single day of the...

Final chance to win luxury stay

TODAY is your last chance to enter the Premier Hotels and GO! & Express competition to win a one-night’s stay at the Premier Hotel...

END OF A CHAPTER

It was an emotional morning as the Beaconhurst matriculants bid farewell to the school during their valedictory ceremony before they embark on their final...

Whale warriors

BCM, museum quit trying to move whale carcass LAST week Friday, BCM marine services, as well as a team from the East London Museum and...

Berlin November days away

The eagerly awaited annual Berlin November horse race is taking centre stage this weekend and once again has teamed up with the Eastern Cape...

Berlin November days away

By Namhla Mbongendlu The eagerly awaited annual Berlin November horse race is taking centre stage this weekend and once again has teamed up with the Eastern...

Fiery battle of the young guns

Up-and-coming cricket talent will be on show when Border host neighbours Eastern Province in their Sunfoil 3-Day Cup and CSA One-Day Provincial Challenge matches...

Zimbabwe warned from distancing itself from AU and SADC

By Naledi Shange As Zimbabwe prepares for political transformation‚ it should be wary not to isolate itself‚ Zimbabwean activist and leader of the #SheVotes campaign Maureen...

Moving wagging tails and whiskers

By Barbara Hollands Moving house is a known stressor, but transferring an animal shelter of 70 nervy cats and 120 boisterous dogs on a sweltering day...

Eskom board were ‘in awe’ of Molefe

By Linda Ensor The Eskom board were “in awe” of the achievements of former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe in stabilising Eskom and therefore supported the move...

No neighbourly love as old rivals battle

Provincial cricket action is back on the cards this week as Border host neighbours Eastern Province in the Sunfoil 3-Day Cup and the CSA...

Angry residents desperate for some peace

Disgruntled Buffalo City Metro residents living in suburbs around Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium met last week to vent their grievances over noise levels from...

2 wives, 1 hitman, 1 murder, 1 survivor

Two Eastern Cape wives are accused of using the same hitman in plots to take out their husbands. One husband was killed in February, allegedly...

Shock finding of abandoned files

Millions of personal and confidential documents belonging to government employees and private companies have been discovered lying scattered and unprotected in a jumble of...

Uphill battle for Warriors

A poor start to the season has left the Warriors with a mountain to climb if they are to match or go one better...

Big haul take part

Event sees 93 fish caught and released THE Rock and Surf Super Pro League Border Blacktips recently held their fifth competition of the season at...

SANBS need blood stocks

AS THE year draws to an end the South African National Blood Services (SANBS) are looking for more donors as they are experiencing a...

Enough is enough

RESIDENTS living at the back of Breidbach, better known as “Die Gat” are up in arms about sewage-filled channels flowing through their yards. The residents...

Sundale gives CHOC kids big energy boost

Dairy to donate products to help their recovery SUNDALE Free Range Dairy has committed to providing the East London branch of CHOC (Childhood Cancer Foundation)...

Christmas comes early for needy

IT WAS like Christmas came early for the needy when about 350 people – including children – were served food and handed clothing to...

Series draws record entry

Tough conditions add to it all TRIBAL are very proud to announce that the third instalment of the TRIBAL Triathlon Series was a phenomenal success...

What’s On the GO – 16 November

Today ●The University of the Third Age (U3A) caters to people eager for more knowledge and a zest for listening to cultural and motivational talks....

VIDEO: Nahoon Dam overflows, dams get boost as heavy rain continues

Additional reporting by ETHIENNE ARENDS IN THE GO! & Express today (Thursday, November 16) we reported that the Eastern Cape dam levels have dropped from 59.8%...

Curves donate funds to CHOC

CHOC is very delighted to have received a donation of R6040 from Curves Ladies Fitness in Vincent. Owner said Curves always supports October as breast...

First East Londoner to win Ms Africa

‘Overwhelmed’ Angie Bryant has a heart to help abused or needy children EAST London born beauty Angie Bryant made Buffalo City proud when she walked...

Kicking up a stink

Discharge permit, ‘flawed’ marine outfall a big concern AFTER years of illegally discharging raw sewage into the Hood Point, West Bank surf line, the Buffalo...

Taxi overturns with pupils

By Nonsindiso Qwabe Pupils travelling to Gonubie High School yesterday morning had a lucky escape, sustaining only minor injuries, when the taxi they were travelling in...

Ordinary Zimbabweans tell us why they want to emigrate

Emigration from Zimbabwe is soaring as ordinary residents despair at the imploding economy and political instability‚ even before the current political turmoil. A month ago‚...

Electricity protest continues

Smoke clouds hung over Nompumelelo on the outskirts of Beacon Bay yesterday as angry residents continued to burn tyres and branches to block entry...

EC Liquor Board cracks whip, closes 700 illegal outlets throughout province

Over the past 19 months the Eastern Cape Liquor Board has shut down over 700 illegal liquor outlets – and the agency has plans...

Fashion guru shows young designers ropes

Ten budding Eastern Cape designers have been learning all there is to know about the fashion business from one of the country’s top designers,...

BCM calls for calm from protesters

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is calling for calm in the communities of Ducats and Nompumelelo following violent protests. It is all in our interest...

BREAKING: Gonubie High pupils in crash – pic

A bus carrying Gonubie High School pupils were involved in an accident on the N2 close to the on ramp coming from Gonubie this...

Zuma releases Heher report on tertiary education fees

Government should hike expenditure on higher education and training to at least 1% of GDP and replace the current bursary scheme with government-backed guarantees...

Manhunt on for ‘dangerous’ awaiting-trial escapees

police have launched a manhunt for three awaiting-trial prisoners who escaped police custody on Saturday afternoon. Detective Constable Phuthumani Tambo‚ the investigating officer‚ said that...

WATCH: Nompumelelo residents block EL roads in service delivery protest

Disgruntled Nompumelelo residents have vowed to continue with the service delivery protest in the township until Buffalo City Metro mayor Xola Pakati addresses them. https://youtu.be/vrFwLMQ6FTU Residents...

Teachers come top of class at awards night

The province’s top 10 teachers, who will represent the Eastern Cape at the National Teaching Awards next year, were announced at a gala event...

Two-year-old drowns in one of several open manholes

A toddler drowned in sewerage on Saturday because of an open manhole in Mdantsane’s NU2. The body of Sisikhanyiso Singama, two, was found by residents...