High death rates at provincial facilities
By Asanda Nini
More than 1200 of Eastern Cape children admitted at provincial public hospitals for severe malnutrition have died in the past four years.The 1205...
Greedy lawyer admits R4m overcharge
By Adrienne Carlisle
Controversial attorney Zuko Nonxuba has effectively conceded in court that he overcharged a severely disabled client to the tune of over R4-million, which...
Lions, clinic join global diabetes drive
THE weekly fundraiser held in front of Pick n Pay by the King William’s Town Lions Club took on another dimension on Saturday when...
Three armed men rob EL PEP store
An armed robbery of the PEP store in Devereux Avenue, Vincent resulted in three suspects getting away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Captain Mluleki...
OPINION: State too late in bid to silence Pauw
South Africa is indeed a wonderful country to live in with hardly a day passing without another drama hitting the headlines.
Social media and public...
Five things to know about Flakka, the so-called ‘zombie drug’
BY KATHARINE CHILD
Media headlines about a 'zombie drug' are making waves.
TimesLIVE spoke to Shaun Shelly‚ founder of SA Drug Policy Week and a researcher...
Annoying phone calls see South Africans get it on with Truecaller...
A 120 percent rise in Truecaller downloads in a year shows South African cellphone users’ growing resistance to companies’ hard sales pitches.
The Truecaller app‚...
BCM sitting on pest time bomb
Buffalo City Metro faces a public health time bomb as its pest control programme falters, leaving many areas of the municipality vulnerable to rat...
ROYAL WINNERS
All Saints Daycare in Parkside recently held their Mr and Miss All Saints. They are, from left, Eldriano Even (first prince), Amisi Mqikela (Mr...
MASTER CLASS
Proteas assistant coach Adrian Birrell and South African test batsman Temba Bavuma, pictured, gave the Selborne boys and coaches a master class on the...
MEDAL WINNERS
Border biathletes competed in the annual Southern Free State (SFS) and Eastern Province Inter-provincial Biathlon Championships recently and did exceptionally well. In the championships,...
Youth deliver top football
THIS year’s edition of the Carlos Soccer Youth Development Academy (CSYDA) annual Inter-Schools annual football tournament staged at Dale College last weekend delivered top-class...
Premier Hotel prize up for grabs
PREMIER Hotels & Resorts and GO! & Express are giving away a one-night stay at the Premier Hotel East London ICC (East London International...
Sugar tax all set for Parliament approval
By Linda Ensor
Parliament’s finance committee has adopted bills which provide for the introduction of a health promotion levy (the sugar tax) as well as amending...
BCM beach blunder
EL’s once pristine areas still in disrepair after massive storm damage
WITH the festive season fast- approaching, Buffalo City Metro still has not fixed pedestrian...
Clarendon girl is a class act in SA language challenge
By Qaqamba Magadla
A grade 11 pupil from an East London school scored top marks – 100% – and won a cash prize at this year’s...
It’s lifeguard season again
With the festive season fast approaching, two Eastern Cape municipalities are preparing their beaches to be safe and people-friendly by inviting people trained to...
BCM contaminated water rumour rubbished
By Nonsindiso Qwabe
St Dominic’s and Life Beacon Bay hospitals have rubbished rumours that they informed East London residents of water contamination in the city.
BCM contaminated...
Couple’s double murder case postponed as residents protest against ANC councillor
By Zwanga Mukhuthu
The murder case against Buffalo City Metro ANC Ward 13 councillor Nokulunga Matiwane, 54, and her husband, Mthuthuzeli Matiwane, 60, was this morning...
Hanged UDF prisoners to be reburied
Kholisile Dyakala was 33 when he was hanged by the apartheid government‚ and his family never got a chance to give him a proper...
Happiness is juicy Apple bite
South African mobile phone users have voted Apple iPhone as their handset of choice, a preference followed closely by Huawei and Samsung.
The statistics, which...
Kuse lives to tell moving tale of battle with cancer
East London-born writer and columnist Kazeka Mashologu Kuse battled stage-three breast cancer and lived to tell the tale.
She has documented her story in a...
Sales of President’s Keepers soar as possible court battles loom
By Naledi Shange
As the author and publisher of an explosive book revealing South Africa’s “shadow mafia state” prepare for a showdown with government agencies The...
Entries open for Amatola Classic
Legendary car run set to roll in to city this month
BOOKINGS are now open for the annual Amatola Classic Car Run, which this year...
Laerskool Nahoon Christmas Market
Last night Laerskool Nahoon hosted hosted their popular Christmas Market. The night was fun filled with art, music and tasty treats.
Charity shop offers double benefit
A new East London charity shop is all set to make a safe house for battered women and children more self-sufficient.
Profits made by the...
Wife-killing trial postponed
The case against a Breidbach man accused of murdering his wife before burying her under her bed was again postponed in the King William’s...
Teen breaks down in court
A schoolgirl broke down and cried in the witness box yesterday while relaying how former Grade 7 primary school teacher Neil Pieter le Roux...
Taking on the world
Funds needed to ensure youths don’t miss prestigious opportunity
FOUR students from the East London Kyokushinkan Karate Club have been selected to participate in two...
WIN WIN WIN FAMILY FUN PRIZE
TREAT the kids to an incredible LEGO experience with the BuffLUG (Buffalo City Lego User Group) exhibition taking place on Saturday at Hemingways Mall.
The...
Sanco elects BCM branch members
Desmond Allison to head up ward 44
SOUTH African National Civics Organisation (Sanco) executive members were democratically elected for the Buffalo City Metro ward 44...
Harriers take clean-up route
THE Gonubie Harriers running club are holding a beach clean-up this Saturday starting from 8am and are inviting all to be a part of...
EC’s Potelwa aims for ’Mzansi Insider’ gig
By Gugu Phandle
A vibrant up-and-coming East London presenter is flying the Eastern Cape flag high as one of the finalists for a popular SABC1 entertainment...
Passengers in dire straits after flights grounded
By Sikho Ntshobane
Passengers rushing to meetings, workshops and conferences from Mthatha to Johannesburg were left stranded for two days after flights were grounded at the...
Pupil‚ 14‚ lured into after-school meeting with ‘rapist’ teacher
By Times LIVE
Limpopo police have arrested a 34-year-old teacher for allegedly raping a 14-year old pupil‚ after scheming to meet her in private.
The suspect was...
FULL STORY: BCM name changes on track
By Mamela Gowa
Buffalo City Metro is forging ahead with its plans to change geographical names throughout the metro.
Thirty-five names were put before council last week...
Young rural talent are all set to get with programme
Rural rugby development is taking centre-stage this weekend when a South African Rural Rugby Development clinic is held at Lilyfontein School on Saturday morning.
Kids...
Stats reveal province has highest unemployment rate
There are 781000 unemployed people in the Eastern Cape, up from 565000 last year, which means 216000 jobs were lost between July last year...
Ex-teacher on trial for sexual assault
Former Grade 7 primary school teacher Neil Pieter le Roux yesterday pleaded not guilty to five counts including rape, sexual assault and sexual grooming...
Contractors sought to pay grants
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini yesterday said the department was forced to outsource the payment of grants to other service providers, but not to...
ANC condemns ‘despicable‚ racist behaviour’ displayed during #BlackMonday protest
The African National Congress (ANC) has condemned the display of the apartheid South African flag during nationwide protests against farm murders on Monday.
“The racial...
Probe exposes EC water fiasco
By Bongani Fuzile
Amatola Water Board is leaking skills, has dragged its heels for years over vital water-relief projects, some still not completed, and is bogged...
Lack of tips adding to refuse woes
The inaccessibility of general waste disposal sites in Buffalo City Metro, the nearest of which is 30km from East London, has been blamed for...
Drugs worth R70m found in EL, man arrested
More than 105kg of crystal meth (tik) valued at about R70-million were discovered in East London this afternoon by the Hawks’ South African Narcotics...
Murder, rape suspects left injured after residents torch police van
Angry residents in Newlands outside Mdantsane yesterday attacked and torched a police van with two murder and rape suspects inside.
Police spokesman Captain Nkosikho Mzuku...
Lifeguards’ wage dispute closes metro’s pools
Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) swimming pools are closed again after staff downed tools demanding a meeting with management over wages.
This comes just two weeks...
Why South Africans and the world do not believe Gigaba
By Justice Malala
State capture Malema's party won't let us forget what finance minister has done to our economy
Last Wednesday the EFF once again protested...
Shuttle owner’s app gets everyone moving
MDANTSANE-born Ntuthuzelo Eugene Mfaka better known as “Ntuza” launched his taxi cab phone application on Friday.
Ntuza cab application took more than a year to...
Dancer off to US
Tauriq to show off his skills to talent scouts
MARCUS T Cirero was a Roman politician and lawyer and once said: “Natural ability without education...
