Clean up a call to BCM
BUFFALO Flats residents joined forces with the DA Democratic Alliance (DA) in a clean-up campaign that was launched by the party DA on Saturday...
Markum sizzles into the top 10
East London’s own Markum Lewis, 46, has his eyes set on being crowned as South Africa’s Bboerewors Cchampion at this year’s Shoprite & Checkers...
Racism is punishable by law‚ SA government tells Adam Catzavalos‚ racists
The South African government said on Thursday it strongly condemns the racial comments articulated by Adam Catzavelos‚ in a video that went viral on...
Airport drama as armed man hides in ceiling
There was drama at the East London Airport on Tuesday when men suspected of gunning to death a top Beacon Bay detective tried to...
Partners in alcohol abuse fight
In an effort to curb alcohol abuse, the Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education (aware.org) has partnered with the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB)....
SuperSport pull plug on T20 deal with CSA
The tournament formerly known as the T20 Global League (T20GL) hit rock bottom — again — on Tuesday when SuperSport pulled out of their...
Dream to fly comes true for two EC go-getters
“I cannot drive but I can fly.”
These are the words of Sisipho Nofemele, 20, from Upper Xongorha in Mthatha, who is one of three...
Self-confessed druglord walks free after paying R1m fine
Eastern Cape mandrax druglord Livingstone Napoleon, 61, has evaded a 10-year prison sentence after entering into a plea agreement with the state to pay...
Mcebo Dlamini asks Habib to show solidarity with students
Student leader Mcebo Dlamini has launched a bid to protect students who were criminally charged for their participation in the protests. He said he...
Mr Gay World moves to Cape Town after Chinese clampdown
International LGBTQ+ competition, Mr Gay World 2019 is coming to Cape Town next year after abandoning their original venue in Hong Kong. The move...
Five-star hotel for Wild Coast community land
Construction of a five-star hotel on community land adjacent to the Wild Coast’s pristine Mkhambathi Reserve starts next month.
Tourism minister Derek Hanekom told a...
DA calls for Tutu statue to be fixed and protected
“Enclose the Desmond Tutu statue or remove it from the East London City Hall.”
This is what the DA in Buffalo City Metro has urged...
Survivor SA winner ‘toughened’ in Amalinda
He rubbed many fellow castaways up the wrong way, yet all but one jury member wrote down former East Londoner Tom Swartz’s name to...
Brave fighter back on road to recovery
Despite living with severe health issues for most of her life, Charnelle Herbert, 17, is not letting her condition hold her back.
This brave young...
Zwelitsha bootcamp up and running again
Zwelitsha Kasi Vibes Dedication Bootcamp was revived once more by founder Mkhanyisi Bana on Monday, at the Zwelitsha Stadium in King William’s Town.
“The aim...
Revved up bikers swell SPCA coffers
The Ulysses Bikers Club revved things up to raise about BikerABOUT R15,000 for the East London SPCA at the weekend.
Their annual Bikers Breakfast was...
Principal leaves a legacy
ARCADIA Special School principal Dave Bands is bringing four decades of having played a huge dedicated mentorship in the lives of pupils to an...
Breidbach Clinic brings health care to Acorn Valley
THE Acorn Valley community has benefited immensely from a health drive by the Breidbach Clinic. Clinic staff paid a surprise visit to the...
Stirling pupils donate jar & pouches of Purity to Guardians
HELPING HANDS: More than 500 jars and pouches of Purity were collected by Stirling High in an initiative led by Amy Sims with the...
Sassa helps issue new cards to KWT residents
South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) officials braved stormy winds and inclement weather in order to assist people after taking their office to Dimbaza...
Tale of delivery despair
In a bid to expose how government corruption compromises housing delivery, the DA Democratic Alliance (DA) conducted an oversight inspection in Duncan Village informal...
Pop-up reading session to celebrate book lovers day
FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS: Nal'ibali FUNda leader Vuyiseka Ngcawa, left, reads a book while one of the children who joined in the fun...
Tour to inspire women entrepreneurs
To fully equip women on their entrepreneurial journey, US founder of Pursue Your Purpose LLC and Forbes coach Tamiko Cuellar will be bringing her...
Mpepo flies the flag in Florida
Clarendon High School pupil Okuhle Mpepo, 16, was lucky enough to visit the United States as part of the 11-day Applause Rising Talent Showcase...
East London castaway wins Survivor
Survivor SA winner Tom Swartz went from Amalinda to R1-million in a nail-biting finale on Thursday night.
Speaking to the media after the live show...
Parliament committee’s uproar over poor state of EL prisons
The West Bank Correctional Services Centre which includes prison facilities in both West Bank and Mdantsane, is experiencing intense challenges, ranging from overcrowding to...
Working for the needy
Mdantsane-based Real View Foundation is a non-profit organisation that focuses on vulnerable children, while also catering for senior citizens.
Real View’s founder, Bulelani Fowl, said...
Gift of giving
Women’s Day was filled with excitement for Frere Hospital female patients after they received much-needed toiletries and gift packs from Jessica Blundell 25, of...
Mr SA hopeful on a mission to raise pupil’s literacy levels
Teacher and economics master’s graduate Caviner Ruiters, 26, of Buffalo Flats, has entered the Mr South Africa 2018 competition in the hope it will...
Unsightly scrap junk on pavement
A new scrapyard, Cyber Scrap Metals, in Magnolia Street in Braelyn, East London, is getting surrounding business owners steamed up.
One business owner said the...
5,000 EC massacre victims in line for TRC reparations
Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has opened the door for some 5,000 Eastern Cape survivors of massacres and victims’ families to come forward and...
Old-age home serial killer sentenced to three life terms
Serial killer Kershwin Goldstone stood downcast on the dock as Pietermaritzburg High Court as Judge Piet Bezuidenhout sentenced him to three life terms in...
Hope pupils visit local police station
Cambridge SAPS played host to 21 pupils from Hope Preparatory School yesterday.
in order to educate them on issues of safety yesterday.
Captain Mluleki Mbi said...
29 dogs poisoned in Alice, say SPCA
At least 29 dogs were poisoned in Alice on Tuesday.
The abused animals were picked up and taken to the King William’s Town SPCA for...
WAS ‘PAEDOPHILE RING’ AUTHOR MURDERED?
The death of a Port Elizabeth ex-policeman and co-author of a new bombshell book has left his associates shocked and burning with questions over...
Flying car hits house
An out-of-control Avanza flew through the air into a Mdantsane house, entering through the roof and wrecking the walls at the back of the...
Good doctor heals naturally
Komani-based doctor Lydia Jaceni is heeding the call to save lives after matriculating, but is doing it in a novel way by specialising in...
Women call for accused to be released
A crowd of 20 women has gathered outside the East London magistrate’s court ahead of the bail application of publicist and humanitarian Cino Shearer...
Anger over dumped animal remains
Komani farming company KDC Trading has admitted it dumped diseased piglet and chicken carcasses on open ground near Mlungisi township last week but does...
WOMEN STUDENTS CARRY KNIVES
Women students at the University of Fort Hare’s Alice campus are arming themselves with knives and pepper spray in what they believe is a...
Investment boost for Eastern Cape film industry
The provincial government and the National Film and Video Foundation have pumped more than R40m into the Eastern Cape’s budding film industry. The investment,...
Mthatha police station attacked, prisoner killed
Four gunmen stormed an Eastern Cape police station in a brazen early morning hit-style killing a prisoner that was being kept inside the stations...
School shut after pupils turn violent
An Eastern Cape school has been temporarily closed after pupils, allegedly drunk, ran amok and stoned the principal, his vehicle, the circuit manager’s vehicle...
Troubled NSFAS to be run by administrator
The board of the troubled National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will soon be dissolved‚ the department of higher education & training confirmed on...
Glass recycling service breaks through
DNF waste and environmental services, based in East London, has added yet another recycling programme to its repertoire.
Glass, which would usually be sent to...
Ronnies wheels for film
RONNIES Motors in East London will have a starring role of sorts in local movie Knuckle City, which sees seven high-end Mercedes-Benz vehicles feature...
Hoping to fly as a Miss Eagle SA
The East London and Eastern Cape community will be represented at the inaugural Miss Eagle South Africa pageant by Phaphama Marabela, 21, in December.
She...
Aspiring lawyer an artist of note
Law and art may seem an odd companions but University of Fort Hare (UFH) law student, Thuso Pharela, 24, juggles both.
In addition to studying...
George Randell pupils test waters at Lipton Race
George Randell High School pupils have returned in buoyant mood following their participation of the annual Lipton Cup sailing event in Durban last month.
They...
