Running elite tame Washie 100 Miler
LUCKY Maahlo and Evette Watson are taking a well-earned rest after winning the men’s and women’s sections of the popular ELB Washie 100 miler...
Hijackers kill two EL men
In a double tragedy, armed robbers shot dead two East London businessmen on Wednesday.
Brett Pope of Sanan’s Supermarket, and motorist JJ Kobus Fourie, who...
Nearly 100 pupils rushed to hospital
An estimated 100 learners from a school in the Eastern Cape were rushed to hospital after complaining of stomach ailments on Tuesday night.
The incident...
Businessman shot after offering hitchhikers a ride
An East London businessman was shot and killed in his truck on the Black Road on Wednesday morning.
According to his employee, the businessman, whose...
Boxing, street soccer, netball to commemorate Madiba’s centenary year
TO commemorate Nelson Mandela’s centenary year, the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC) , along with Buffalo City Metro Municipality...
EC hit by winter hunger crisis
People in the Eastern Cape are getting hungrier.
According to social development MEC Dr Pumza Dyantyi, many working people are increasingly battling to afford rising...
Judy Dlamini elected chancellor of Wits
Judy Dlamini has been elected chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.
A medical doctor by training‚ Dlamini‚ who is a leading businesswoman‚ author and...
Rutters takes one for the team
Stirling High School's very own Lauren Rutters shooting a goal for the Stirling 1st team Netball squad against Hudson Park High School recently Picture: SUPPLIED
BCM loses R70m in electricity theft in six months
Buffalo City Metro lost around R70m in electricity theft in a period of six months as a result of meter tampering and illegal connections.
This...
Looking Back (12)
Green Point in East London was an immensely fashionable picnic and boating spot from almost the late 1800’s until 1930’s. Ferries were available to...
Vandals run amok at Mdantsane school
A series of break-ins and vandalism at a fenceless Mdantsane high school has severely impacted on pupils’ performance.
The 87 matriculants at Hlokoma High School...
High risk of load shedding as pay dispute trips up Eskom
Eskom has warned of a high probability of load shedding on Tuesday as a strike continues over wages at the power utility.
The potential return...
Massive water wastage in EC
Huge water losses are draining Eastern Cape municipal coffers of half-a-billion rand.
Last year provincial municipalities lost almost half their water through leaking, decrepit infrastructure...
Massive water wastage in EC – R554m goes down the drain...
R554m has gone down the drain due to leaks and failing infrastructure in Eastern Cape.
Image: File
Huge water losses are draining Eastern Cape municipal coffers of...
Computers jam at BCM traffic fines section
Buffalo City Metro’s traffic fines office has been out of service due to computers being down since Thursday.
Testing centres in the metro have also...
Drum(mie) roll for EL
The Eastern Cape Majorette and Cheerleading Association (ECMA) is the proud host of the Samca National Championships to be held in East London next...
Slight petrol price increase in August
The petrol price will rise slightly from August 1, announced Energy Minister Jeff Radebe on Monday.
93- and 95-octane petrol will increase by 1c/l while...
Traffic fines office out of service due to computers
Buffalo City traffic fines office has been out of service due to computers being down since last week Thursday.
Motorists who have been unable to...
Velwano houses: call to claimants
Buffalo City Metro has called on 101 of its RDP beneficiaries to come forward to claim their spot in the multimillion-rand Velwano housing project.
City...
March against gender-based violence on the cards
South Africans from all walks of life have been extended an open invitation to join #TheTotalShutdown march on Wednesday.
The shutdown is planned as a...
Awards for top business ‘queens’
Sixteen years of celebrating and honouring outstanding East London women in business for their contribution to the economy and society have just gone “royal”.
The...
Healer to motivate with talk
Daphne Williams will be giving a motivational talk about her interesting life journey at the Ann Bryant Coach House on August 2.
Williams sold all...
UFH student in court for beating child, 9
An Eastern Cape student teacher appeared in court in connection with the assault of a nine-year-old Grade 2 pupil with a duster.
The third-year University...
Floradale Primary School gets good vibes aplenty
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) celebrated Mandela Day with Floradale Primary School on Friday in Nompumelelo township in Beacon Bay, East London.
Excited foundation...
Story of hope amid grief
SUNRISE resident, Brenda Crompton, 72, has written her third book, Smiling through tears, which is about the journey of her late daughter, Lindy-Lee Reyanard,...
South Africans to get a fuel price breather as oil prices...
South Africans will be given a little breather at the petrol pumps next month.
The Automobile Association said on Friday that a better exchange rate...
Keeping dreams alive
Newly founded non-profit organisation, Dream Alive Foundation did their part on Mandela Day at Masizakhe Children's Home in Mdantsane. Foundation secretary Asive Sibenza said...
Healthy yoghurt donation for youth
THERE were ripples of delight when youth at Siyakholwa Reading and Writing Club in Nompumelelo sampled a new brand of yoghurt and traditional mageu...
Mark Boucher is going to be a dad
It has been confirmed that former SA cricket star Mark Boucher is going to be a dad. His wife Carmen posted a picture of...
Boost for educare toddlers
A number of toddlers from Rosedale Play and Learn Educare in Amalinda enjoyed a fun-filled Mandela Day with McDonald's Amalinda on Mandela Day.
School principal...
ANCYL spread the love, care on Mandela Day
The ANC Youth League of Ward 20 in Mdantsane did their bit for Mandela Day by spending time with Nomzwakhe Hlobo, 73, in Mdantsane...
Dysel debuts at No.1 on the charts
There was much excitement as East London local musician Jordan Dysel’s song Faded Love debuted at No1 Number 1 on the Algoa FM’s Top...
Chopper in hunt for gang in EL
A police chopper hovered above the East London skyline for more than two hours on Thursday in a frantic manhunt for seven heavily armed...
Stirling pupils top achievers at Olympiads
TOP ACHIEVERS: Left to right: Ashley Eichstädt, centre, in Grade 11, placed fourth overall in the national De Beers English Olympiad; while, from left,...
047 all dialled in for EL
Mthatha-based singing trio, 047 will be serenading East London locals on Friday at the Guild Theatre during the launch of their debut album, Wen’Ungowam...
‘Dumped’ by metro
Residents in Amalinda are fed up with calls to the municipality constantly falling on deaf ears when it comes to service delivery.
The GO! &...
Stirling pupils dazzle at matric dance
FOND FAREWELL: Stirling High School pupils, from left, Nishaan Vasi, Francisca Darkoh, Lauren Rutters and Francois Naude at their matric farewell on Saturday Picture:...
Raising Amber Foundation brings hope to the disabled
DRIVEN by her inability to find a suitable school for her daughter, single mum Christal van der Byl founded the Raising Amber Foundation.
This was...
DCS helps community on Mandela Day
UPDATE: In the King William's Town print edition of the GO! & Express, the wrong photograph was used with this story. The photo, whose...
Sweetwaters Football Club on ubuntu path
AS A way of to give back and spreading the Madiba spirit, Sweetwaters Masters Football Club spent 67 minutes on Mandela Day showing ubuntu...
BCM sitting crashes over Madiba event
A Buffalo City Metro council meeting collapsed on Wednesday after a heated debate erupted over an attempt to spend millions of ratepayers’ money on...
Leane Naude, another Winter Warmers winner
Congratulations to Leane Naude, another winner in our Winter Warmers Competition. Pictured is Megan, Leane's sister, collecting the prize on her behalf.
Looking back (11)
An exquisite old post card circa 1907- the mouth of the Buffalo River, East London, showing two ‘barques’ against the breakwater on the right;...
Career pathways offered to girls
Buffalo City TVET Collage (BCC) East London campus employees spent Mandela Day equipping more than 500 Grade 8 to Grade 12 pupils with life...
St Dom’s kitchen staff refuse to cook on pay dispute
Cooks and other kitchen staff at Life St Dominic's Hospital downed tools this morning and refused to continue cooking for patients until their company...
Women’s network serve soup and bread to walk-in patients at local...
As MADIBA Month draws to a close, the Cambridge Police Station Women's Network gave back to the needy by serving soup and bread to...
Place of safety hit by break-ins
Greensleeves Place of Safety for children has been plagued by a spate of break-ins recently, having suffered four in one week.
The most severe of...
11 robberies in 14 days in EL
Almost one business a day has been robbed in East London over the last 14 days.
Yesterday it was the turn of a second Pep...
Malema vows ‘to take Nkandla back’
Julius Malema has launched a new project on the former president Jacob Zuma. He said the party would start to campaign to take Zuma's...
KZN Woolwoths customers to be searched after spate of bomb threats
All Woolworths customers will be searched before entering stores in KwaZulu-Natal.
This follows bombs threats and the discovery of incendiary devices planted at several Woolworths...
