Cancer survivor to run for Choc
AN EAST London cancer survivor will be running the Old Mutual Comrades Marathon this weekend to raise money for the Childhood Cancer Foundation South...
Tensions boil over in King areas
Residents protest over lack of housing, service delivery
RESIDENTS are demanding housing while also complaining about the blocking of their electricity and poor service delivery...
BCM plans to join big stipends bandwagon
Plans to increase stipends of ward committees by more than 100% in the Buffalo City Metro have been delayed as the metro’s council is...
No maintenance
No more beating around the bush as residents see red about upkeep
OVERGROWN grass and unkempt bushes have started to outrage East London residents who...
Pink Fairy magic for King SPCA
Animal lover to tackle Comrades
MICHAEL Webb, also known as The Pink Fairy, will once again share some magic with the King William's Town SPCA.
After...
DAY OF PROTESTS: Several injured including police
Violent protests around the south of King William’s Town yesterday left police officers and protesters injured and caused traffic mayhem with three road closures,...
Shocking stats of EC child abuse
The department of social development in the Eastern Cape has in the past two years recorded more than 600 cases of child abuse.
Social Development...
Tete in line to defend world title at home
Zolani Tete may make the first defence of his major world title at home against a South African boxer.
This was revealed by his manager Mla...
Hope for abuse victims
WITH the current spate of violent crimes against women and children, the Buffalo Flats White Door of Hope Centre has become a very important...
Semifinalist reaches out
School visit part of Mr Justice SA project
MR JUSTICE SA semifinalist Caviner Ruiters visited Pefferville Primary School last week for an outreach education project...
Court mix-up in fake traditional healers case
Two alleged fake traditional healers who conned an Eastern Cape prison warder out of R2.5-million did not apply for bail yesterday – but this...
Water woes for EL residents after treatment pipe bursts
East London residents are advised to stock up on drinking water and for cooking purposes as a main pipe on the trunk water mains...
Nineteen die in possible ‘terrorist incident’ at Ariana Grande concert –...
Police in Manchester‚ England‚ have confirmed that at least 19 people died after an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert late on Monday.
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The bombing...
Former MotoGP champ Nicky Hayden dies
Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden died in hospital on Monday at the age of 35.
His death comes five days after he was hit...
Outrage as body of girl, 3, found
Violence against women and children continues unabated with reports of horrific incidents in the province at the weekend.
In the first incident, the body of...
The inside story of South Africa’s illegal mining boom
‘They are geniuses. They have engineers‚ communications specialists‚ people who can create special lighting systems. They operate with intricate buying and selling networks’
Employing thousands...
Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe to star in SA anti-apartheid prison break...
Popular British star Daniel Radcliffe will star in an anti-apartheid film based on Tim Jenkin’s account of his dramatic escape from the notorious Pretoria...
Karters shine at Grand Prix track
Hot action at Border EP Champs
THE Border EP Regional Karting Championship completed round two of their championship last Saturday at the East London Grand...
Africa beauty week’s EL debut
EAST Londoners brace yourselves for the first ever Africa Eastern Cape Hair and Beauty Week that’s around the corner.Estudio Glam, in partnership with Buffalo...
Family bury stranger in body mix-up
A Uitenhage family unwittingly mourned the death of a stranger after the Gauteng Department of Health released a wrong corpse for burial in the...
Big grave clean-up
Breidbach Cemetery makeover begins after municipality intervenes
THE Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) has heeded the outcry and pleas of residents and the South African...
General Motors is leaving South Africa
General Motors (GM) informed employees and unions on Thursday morning that it is quitting South Africa.
Besides its light commercial vehicle manufacturing operations in Struandale‚...
GM is leaving SA – what you need to know
General Motors (GM) has announced that it is quitting South Africa - but what does this mean for you?
On Thursday morning the company released...
Get ‘In the Mood’ for a Big Band night
Stirling High’s annual dance a rare experience
GUESTS can enjoy a trip back to the era of swing music with a Gatsby-like atmosphere at the...
Cemeteries in BCM of serious concern
EL public demand answers on neglect
THE East London public are outraged and are demanding answers from Buffalo City Metro (BCM) as to why the...
Royal battle looms in Limpopo
A woman who is locked in a royal battle with the king of the VhaVenda hopes the high court will rule in her favour...
Probe into sexual abuse allegations against three teachers
Three teachers at a school outside King William’s Town are being investigated by the department of education for allegedly sexually abusing pupils.
The department says the...
DA gives UDM ultimatum: Dump deputy mayor Bobani or else
The Democratic Alliance has given United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa an ultimatum that he either fire or redeploy Nelson Mandela metro deputy...
Mkhwebane ‘surprised’ at Molefe Eskom return
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was “surprised” by Brian Molefe’s return to Eskom as chief executive.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
This Mkhwebane said yesterday during her office’s...
Major firm to cut 114 employees
Johnson & Johnson is retrenching 114 workers from the end of this month.
The company is one of the biggest manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceutical...
Molefe implicated in Gupta coal mine ‘hijack’
South Africa’s former mineral resources minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has accused Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe and chairman Ben Ngubane of helping the Gupta family...
ELIDZ owed R2m by tenant defaulter
The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) has lost its rental agreement with a key former tenant, Matla Diamond, vanishing without paying rent of...
Do you want to run the SABC? Apply now!
The SABC is on the hunt for a new chief operating officer to replace its controversial former COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
The public broadcaster advertised Motsoeneng’s...
Save snakes and yourself
Handler urges people not to remove reptiles themselves
STARTING out at a young age with a love for reptiles, Andrew MacLeod’s passion has evolved into...
Rags to Riches make matric night special
UNDERPRIVILEGED young women will get a major transformation on their matric night – all thanks to the Rags to Riches project.
Cheryl Scheepers, who started...
League out to attract new blood
THE Gonubie Bowling Club held a Corporate Bowling League on Sunday.
The league was started five years ago with the aim to recruit non-bowlers to...
Group shines again
POPULAR East London dance group and winner of the Ultimate Performer 2017 took part in this year’s Battle of the Giants competition at the
The...
No bail for man shot from wheelchair
A suspected would-be robber shot in the buttocks by a man in a wheelchair was remanded in custody by the East London Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
An...
R6 billion – what it will cost for Sassa to take...
The cost of preparing the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) for taking over the payment of social grants to 17-million beneficiaries will be about...
Kidney plea for Ellen DeGeneres to help save SA mom
US comedian and TV host Ellen DeGeneres has been roped in to help find a kidney for South African mother and artist Di Wilkinson.
Canadian...
R6 billion – what it will cost for Sassa to take...
The cost of preparing the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) for taking over the payment of social grants to 17-million beneficiaries will be about...
Springboks drawn with world champions New Zealand in Rugby World Cup...
The Springboks were drawn with world champions New Zealand in Pool B for Rugby World Cup 2019‚ at a ceremony in Kyoto on Wednesday.
...
‘Keep booing Zuma’ – Save SA
The movement‚ which has launched a series of protests against Zuma‚ responded to a newspaper report that one of the president’s allies had started...
Norma told Malusi Gigaba the rand will drop and rise again
When Malusi Gigaba got a call from President Jacob Zuma to say that he would be appointed finance minister‚ his wife Norma told him...
Dark roads a safety hazard
Cable thieves strike in busy Woolwash Road
ONE of East London’s busiest roads, Woolwash Road near Haven Hills, have been left in the dark due...
Rand on slippery slope as metal prices weaken
The rand was relatively steady on Friday morning‚ but headed for its worst weekly performance against the dollar since early April‚ which was marred...
Mbalula: Most ANC members and South Africans are behind Zuma
Police minister Fikile Mbalula has defended President Jacob Zuma against his detractors‚ saying those who were openly critical had sought to “demonise” the ANC.
In...
‘Judge tried to overthrow government by ordering Zuma to explain reshuffle’...
The Ethekwini region of the ANC Youth League has lashed out at Pretoria High Court Judge Bashier Vally‚ who on Thursday ordered that President...
