Thousands of poor families to get new homes within 5km of...
BY DAVE CHAMBERS
Private sector developers are to get access to land the size of 10 soccer fields to build affordable homes for thousands of...
Chaos at Magaqa Soweto memorial
By Bafana Nzimande
Chaos erupted as leadership contestation within the ANC played out at former ANC Youth League secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa’s memorial service in Soweto on...
SUPPORT NEEDED: Fires destroy over 30 farms between Lady Grey and...
A fire which broke out on Sunday at Five Oaks farm in the Lady Grey district has moved South East, crossing a number of roads...
‘Moyane ordered that I be discredited’ – SARS official strikes back
BY KYLE COWAN
SARS official Vlok Symington has hit back at his employer‚ who in court papers filed on Monday denied his allegations of political...
New bicycle unit to fight crime in Tshwane
BY PENWELL DLAMINI
The City of Tshwane has launched a bicycle unit to help fight crime in the country’s capital city.
The unit is a result...
Top politicians snub Biko event in KWT
The nation’s politicians yesterday snubbed an event in King William’s Town to commemorate 40 years since liberation struggle icon and Black Consciousness leader Steve...
SAA to cut flights by 23%
By Linda Ensor
South African Airways (SAA) plans to significantly reduce its flights by 23% from the end of the year‚ 37% of which would be...
Mantashe throws cold water on fightback by ANC leadership in KZN
By Matthew Savides And Nathi Olifant
The KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial executive committee is in limbo‚ as a planned appeal remains on hold until the national...
Video exposes school abuse
By Sino Majangaza and Lulamile Feni
The provincial department of education is investigating claims of vicious corporal punishment at a KwaBhaca school, where the principal...
Border start Africa safari on the home front
The cricket season gets under way on the Border this weekend as the fourth leg of the 2017 Africa Cup takes centre-stage at Buffalo...
BREAKING NEWS: Armed robbery at Rosehill Mall
By LOUISE CARTER
A G4S cash and transit guard was robbed while collecting money from Superspar at around 10:30am this morning. It is unconfirmed how...
From frying pan to fire for students
By Sino Majangaza
The University of Fort Hare students who moved from their Union Arcade residence into the NBS building in East London for safety reasons...
Prisoner detective constable escapes after bail denied
By Zwanga Mukhuthu
Police officer awaiting trial escaped from the East London Magistrate’s Court holding cells on Friday after he was denied bail.
GATEKEEPERS: Court orderlies appeared...
‘Cannibal’ accused dies in hospital
In a shocking turn of events, the 23-year-old man who was arrested for slaughtering and eating the flesh of a woman in KwaBhaca – formerly Mount Frere – on Saturday, has died this morning.
Aphiwe...
Cape man waits for Hurricane Irma but regrets it
BY PETRU SAAL
South African Greg Badenhorst is one of the diehards who decided not to evacuate his Fort Lauderdale home as Hurricane Irma pounded...
ANC has lost the power to make laws, says Zuma
BY NATHI OLIFANT
President Jacob Zuma has decried the ANC's loss of its two-thirds majority in parliament, saying this was the reason the party could...
Woman survives Sandton horror crash
BY KYLE COWAN
Paramedics are astounded that a young woman survived a horrific crash on Rivonia Road, in Sandton, northern Johannesburg, early on Sunday morning.
CCTV...
BCM rolls out R18m free internet access project
By Simthandile Ford
Buffalo City Metro is piloting an R18-million free WiFi project that will see many residents and students connecting to the internet at no...
Halala! Trevor Noah wins his first Emmy
By TshisaLIVE
SA-born comedian Trevor Noah walked away with his first Emmy this weekend at the award’s Creative Arts ceremony in LA‚ taking the top prize...
Zuma goes head to head with the DA in court this...
By Nomahlubi Jordaan
It is going to be a busy week in courts for President Jacob Zuma as he goes head to head with the Democratic...
Multi-million rand drug and rhino horn bust at OR Tambo airport
By Naledi Shange
Weekend operations at the OR Tambo International Airport resulted in a drug and rhino horn bust of over R6 million‚ Johannesburg police said.
In...
State entities have been captured‚ says Ramaphosa
By Jan Borman
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa came out guns blazing on Sunday against state capture at a cadres’ assembly in the Northern Cape.
As the race...
IntelliMali coughs up the ‘lost’ R818k
By Aretha Linden
Payment administrator IntelliMali has reimbursed Walter Sisulu University (WSU) the full amount misappropriated by NSFAS “student millionaire” Sibongile Mani out of its own...
IntelliMali coughs up the ‘lost’ R818k
By Aretha Linden -
Payment administrator IntelliMali has reimbursed Walter Sisulu University (WSU) the full amount misappropriated by NSFAS “student millionaire” Sibongile Mani out of its own...
Bees kill dog and attack EL residents
By Poliswa Plaatjie-Sejosing
A furious swarm of bees attacked and killed an American pitbull and stung some people in an East London neighbourhood.
An emotional Elaine Markus...
Patients moved into rebuilt CMH
By Siya Tsewu
Patients have finally been moved into the new building at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital.
The new structure, which took 10 years to build, was officially...
Bhisho massacre families cry out for help
By Zingisa Mvumvu
No amount of money will ever be enough to compensate the families of those who lost their loved ones and survivors of the...
Robbers take millions in heist
By Sikho Ntshobane
A cash-in-transit vehicle was ambushed by a gang of 15 armed men along the R61 between Mthatha and Ngcobo on Monday night.
The robbers...
Missing Breidbach woman found dead under bed, husband sought
YESTERDAY at about 12.30pm detectives investigating the missing person’s case of Carmelitta Baatjies, found her dead body buried under the bed at her home...
Sole Destroyer just around the corner
Popular race tough but scenic
FOR 25 years and still going strong, the Caltex Sole Destroyer half marathon has tested the endurance and stamina of...
Share photos, stories of our heritage
The GO! & Express would like our readers to share some of their photographs and stories of historic buildings and sites in East London...
CHOC hosts gold event to inspire big challenges
CHILDHOOD Cancer Foundation (CHOC) will host the “Be Bold, Go Gold” evening next Thursday. Guest speaker at the event will be Deborah Kirsten, the...
Hlaudi‚ SABC and Tebele ordered to pay legal costs for axing...
The Labour Court in Johannesburg has ruled that the SABC‚ its former COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng and former acting head of news Simon Tebele split...
‘Residents must watch water use’
BUFFALO City residents are still urged to use water sparingly and to adhere to water restrictions implemented by various municipalities.
Recent rains had little impact...
Techo boost for school
WONGALETHU High School in Mdantsane received 20 computers for pupils and 21 laptops for the teachers, courtesy of Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe...
Magaqa was considering joining EFF: Malema
By Ernest Mabuza
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said he had repeatedly asked his former ANC Youth League comrade Sindiso Magaqa to join the...
Growing calls for UFH head to be sacked
By Sino Majangaza -
Students from other faculties have joined their nursing counterparts in calling for the removal of University of Fort Hare nursing acting head of...
If our past is given too much weight it can blind...
The story of Sibongile Mani is intriguing, tragic and phenomenally educational all at the same time.
Maybe it is how it exposes our complicated and...
Investors eye ocean economy wave
By Mike Loewe
The exciting ocean economy, or Operation Phakisa, takes another step forward today when potential investors gather in Buffalo City to listen to government...
Jobless youth, elderly need help
By Derek Yu
The latest South African jobs statistics continue to reflect a shockingly high unemployment rate which will take some doing to reverse.
Concerns about the...
Joburg in the dark due to cable theft
BY BAFANA NZIMANDE
Several parts of Johannesburg CBD are without electricity due to cable theft.
Thieves gained access to underground tunnels on Sunday morning and burnt...
‘Public editor’ proposed to open up SABC
By BEKEZELA PHAKATHI
Right2Know wants society to have a say in content
The Right2Know campaign has called for the appointment of a "public editor" at the...
Don’t use pension money for SAA debt‚ warns union
By Katharine Child
The Independent Labour Caucus (ILC)‚ a collection of 12 unions‚ is objecting to the possible use of state employees’ pension funds to bail...
Joburg hit by water cuts as city does maintenance
By Jan Bornman
Johannesburg Water has said it made contingency plans as the city is preparing for widespread water outages while maintenance and repairs are done...
E Cape welfare in dodgy R128m deal
A five-year contract worth R128-million between the Eastern Cape social development department and a service provider has been found to be irregular.
The contract to...
ANC’s fight to the death
By Justice Malala
Welcome to the dirty war. Welcome to the age of untruths, half-truths, fake news, manufactured scandal, smear, slander and lies. Welcome to...
