GALLERY: Stirling primary recycles for a cause
To encourage recycling in schools, Stirling Primary School started a ‘Bottles2Bricks’ initiative that encourages families and pupils to make ecobricks at home and deliver...
Ramaphosa’s nine months in office: What has been achieved
Nine months is enough time to have a baby, but what has President Cyril Ramaphosa done with his first nine months in office?
According to...
Awards aim to encourage
Manyano Youth Development Drive (MYDD) will host be hosting their second annual sports awards on tomorrow at the NU1 Community Hall in Mdantsane.
The main...
Remembrance Day celebrated
The centenary of the end of World War 1 was commemorated on Sunday November 11 at the Cenotaph War Memorial in Oxford Street.
The Great...
Black Coffee stirring up excitement in EL
All roads lead to the Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium in East London on Friday, with thousands of fans expected to fill the venue when...
Man photographed ‘dangling’ dog from moving car comes forward
The man photographed “dangling” a dog from a moving car in a picture that was widely spread on social media says he was in...
Mobile clinic provides free snips for men
A mobile clinic that will make voluntary circumcision more accessible for men has been launched in Cape Town.
The facility, a joint initiative of nonprofit...
‘Significant’ petrol price cut to bring welcome festive-season relief
Motorists could benefit from a “significant” petrol price decrease ahead of the festive season‚ says the Automobile Association (AA).
“After months of sustained pressure on...
MPs approve constitutional amendment for expropriation without compensation
It’s official. Section 25 of the constitution will soon be amended to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.
This comes after MPs serving on...
NPO’s safe house dream
Helping Those in Need is a non-profit organisation based in East London that provides meals to families and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The organisation...
Animal welfare traces owner of dog dangled from car window
The Animal Welfare Society has condemned an act of cruelty depicted in a photograph of a motorist dangling a dog by the hind leg...
DA provides relief for Duncan Village fire victims
DA Eastern Cape premier candidate Nqaba Bhanga visited Duncan Village on Thursday November 8 to deliver food parcels to 200 households who lost everything...
Malusi Gigaba resigns from parliament, joins unemployment line
Former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba has resigned as a member of parliament.
Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo confirmed on Thursday that Gigaba forwarded his resignation...
Gonubie councillor out to thwart harbour plans
The thought of a harbour in the small seaside suburb of Gonubie has ward councillor André Swart riled up and collecting signatures in attempt...
SPCA grateful for generous donations
About R10,000 worth of pet food was donated to the SPCAs in King William’s Town (KWT) and Stutterheim by Red Alert recently.
Red Alert regional...
90 pupils rushed to hospital with stomach cramps
At least 90 pupils from Dlukulwana Senior Primary School in Libode are being taken by ambulances to health facilities.
According to School Governing Body (SGB)...
Taxi drivers take lessons in manners
University, manufacturer join in helping educate those in the industry
Taxi drivers are breaking the stereotype that minimal requirements are needed to make it in...
More than 1 in 5 households in SA are indigent: Stats...
More than in five households (22%) in South Africa are indigent, according to Stats SA’s latest non-financial census of municipalities.
South Africa adopted a policy...
Top awards again for Chintsa lodge’s excellent service
Prana Lodge, the Eastern Cape’s premier boutique hotel in Chintsa East on the Wild Coast, has received another two awards: the World Luxury Hotel...
Get ready for a six-hour commute from Joburg to Pretoria
Get ready for a six-hour commute between Johannesburg and Pretoria by 2037 if no more roads are built in Gauteng by then.
This according to...
Warning | Bunkers Hill power outage
The electricity supply will be interrupted to consumers supplied by the Buffalo City Metro in Bunkers Hill on Tuesday from 9am to 4pm.
According city...
Diabetes claims around 2,500 leg amputations a year in KZN
Diabetes claims around 2,500 leg amputations a year in KwaZulu-Natal, the department of health in the province said on Sunday.
The province's health MEC Sibongiseni...
Selborne pupil Liam flies SA flag high in Egypt
Kayser’s Beach and Selborne Primary School pupil Liam Prime, 11, waved the South African flag high at the Biathle and Triathle World Championships in...
‘African Angel’ off to Oprah Winfrey school
African Angels Independent School pupil Linako Sdike, 13, has been granted a scholarship to further her academic career at the Oprah Winfrey Academy Leadership...
Shoe box blessings for 150 little guests
Blessings from Me to You, will hold a shoe box party for boys and girls on December 7 at the Creative Hands Crèche in...
Sports club started after plea by youth
Sunnyridge Rugby Football Club (SRFC) was established in August 2018 this year with the a purpose of keeping young boys off the streets and...
Gale takes wind out of fundraiser
Lilyfontein School’s under-13 cricket team held a parkrun on Saturday at 2 Swans to raise funds for their cricket tour to the UK in...
13 blessed years of hope for bright futures
Hope Schools held their 13th Founder’s Day celebrations at their school in Dawn, East London on Tuesday.
The school caters for 240 boys and girls...
Free flight gives lucky trio wings
Three East Londoners who had never flown before had an opportunity of to soar above the clouds, thanks to budding local pilot Sipho Mangesi...
Verwoerd’s assassin wasn’t insane, says author
Dimitri Tsafendas‚ the man who killed apartheid Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1966‚ was sane and believed that by killing the person dubbed the...
Zama Ngcobo: SA is a great country
Despite it’s political scandals and economic challenges‚ SA is still a great country with a lot of potential and beauty‚ says TV host Zama...
Medics deliver baby at police station
Two members of Community Medics, a free emergency medical service that operates in the Cape Town area, delivered a baby girl at the Table View...
New IDC manager to shake things up
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has appointed a new regional manager in the form of Mdantsane-born Mandisi Rungqu.
The IDC is divided into two regions...
Lending school a helping hand
Helping Hands Foundation donated toiletries to Dickson Dyani Higher Primary School in Mdantsane last week.
The organisation was established this year in April to bring...
Weeping mom leaves court on hearing child’s testimony
The mother of the 14-year-old girl who was allegedly prostituted by four women in Whittlesea in 2016 rushed out of the courtroom crying as...
Pool complex ready for event
Despite having to undergo repairs, the Joan Harrison Complex is ready to host the SA Schools Interprovincial Tournament (IPT) which will take place from...
Student wins pageant
University of Fort Hare (UFH) student Nobenathi Ncwana has clinched the title of Miss Heritage South Africa held on October 20 in Mangaung, Bloemfontein.
The...
Electrifying partnership sparks hope for centre
Global consulting, engineering, procurement and construction company Black & Veatch, in partnership with a non-profit organisation Caring for Orphans in Rural Areas (CORA) and...
Mkati moves to Duncan Village to transform the community
After selling her house in the suburb of Beacon Bay and moving in to the township of Duncan Village, Laurette Mkati, 69, has her...
WATCH: Police run for cover after being chased by protesters in...
It was a tough week for police in the Eastern Cape‚ who had to run for cover when they were stoned by protesters in...
Prisoners give their testimony
The department of correctional services (DCS) held a three-day moral regeneration round-table dialogue between officials and offenders at West Bank prison hall.
Under the theme...
WATCH | Electric fencing is no match for this criminal
https://youtu.be/_7RfMf8FLXY
Do you think you're safe because you have electric fencing around your property? Think again.
CCTV footage captured on October 31 2018 shows the ingenuity...
Celebrities share their stories at Capitec talk
East London residents locals gathered at The Venue in Hemingways Casino last Thursday for the latest edition of the Capitec Live Better talks. During...
Police will ‘kick down doors’‚ warns Bheki Cele
Police will go house to house and if necessary kick down doors in their pursuit of criminals‚ a hawkish Bheki Cele said in Port...
Dangling past present, future
Lonwabo Jobodwana, 33, started making jewellery as a hobby before it soon blossomed into a business that creates original pieces.
The graphic design graduate, who...
Off to world champs
East London bodybuilding couple Jaime Griffiths and Stephen Strydom have jetted off to represent SA at the Physical Culture Association (PCA) World Championships in...
BODY WASHES UP ON NAHOON BEACH
MESSAGE FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE EASTERN CAPE CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, EASTERN CAPE
EC: Cambridge - 1 November 2018.
Police have opened an inquest docket following...
Petrol prices are expected to decrease for a change
The petrol price is expected to drop by about 16 cents a litre in November‚ the Automobile Association predicts.
“Fuel prices have moderated during October‚...
NSPCA lashes Eastern Cape extreme horse race over ‘exploitation of animals’
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) said this week a 350km horse race through the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape “should not...
14 in hospital after consuming unknown ‘drug’ in Pretoria
Fourteen young adults and scholars were admitted to hospital after they smoked an unknown "drug" called herbal blend‚ puff‚ blazing and coconut.
"It is alleged...
