Rand weaker in cautious trade as market awaits US jobs data
The rand was weaker from steady overnight levels on Thursday morning on a largely unchanged dollar following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep...
Standoff at Fort Hare campus continues
By Sino Majangaza
The SRC at the University of Fort Hare’s East London campus has vowed that the academic year will not resume until the management...
WATCH: Da L.E.S stops New York traffic with One Direction star...
BY KYLE ZEEMAN
Rapper Da L.E.S teamed up with One Direction star Liam Payne and US artist Greg Yuna
this week for a 1920's gangster-themed project...
Drought: Eastern Cape towns facing Day Zero
Two farming towns in the Eastern Cape might have their Day Zero sooner than Cape Town. The only dam supplying the area is at...
Fight in water queue forces Cape Town to crack down
BY DAVE CHAMBERS
Guards are being posted at a popular Cape Town spring after an outbreak of fisticuffs.
In a sign of rising tension over access...
BREAKING | DA to remove Patricia de Lille as Cape Town...
By Dave Chambers
Patricia de Lille was set to be ousted as mayor of Cape Town on Wednesday.
The DA provincial leader‚ Bonginkosi Madikizela‚ said the party...
BCM Mayor gives out full bursary to students
Buffalo City Mayor Xola Pakati handed over bursaries to 27 first-year students last week Friday. Nomangesi Yazi from Mncotsho Berlin represented her 19-year-old grandchild,...
Capitec says loan shark report appears to be filled with errors
Capitec Bank said on Tuesday that a report accusing it of being a loan shark appears to be filled with errors.
“Capitec received a copy...
Wits wage strike to ‘intensify’
Negotiations between University of Witwatersrand (Wits) management and workers’ unions ended in a stalemate on Monday. The unions have demanded that the lowest earning...
Premier Zille makes a splash about KZN entity’s involvement in CT...
A half-billion rand desalination plant‚ which is expected to provide a lifeline to water-strapped Cape Town‚ is yet to be given the green light.
Controversy...
Water crisis could trigger Cape Town junk status
Cape Town risks having its municipal bonds cut to junk by Moody’s because of its water crisis.
"Two of Cape Town’s main industries‚ tourism and...
GALLERY: Animal lovers demand better conditions
STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY:Buffalo City residents protesting at East London ZOO
Pictures: ZOLILE ZAMISA
EC traditional leaders to boycott controversial movie, Inxeba
By LULAMILE FENI and SIKHO NTSHOBANE
Eastern Cape traditional leaders and traditional activists are busy drumming up support for the boycott of the controversial movie,...
New pharmacy to make big difference for Mount Fletcher
By Lulamile Feni
For more than a century Mount Fletcher residents have had to travel 130km to Maclear and back to access private pharmaceutical services –...
Zuma yet to sign state capture regulations
The judicial inquiry into state capture cannot start work because the regulations governing it have yet to be signed off by President Jacob Zuma‚...
SA to collect data to manage ocean economy
Norway is helping South Africa collect data to manage its oceans economy‚ with funding for a ship setting sail from Durban to research distribution...
Rand holds steady as dollar weakens
The rand held broadly steady on Friday morning‚ as the dollar weakened further.
The greenback lost ground against a basket of currencies‚ providing the rand...
Source of listeriosis outbreak still unknown
THE outbreak of listeriosis is continuing‚ with a total of 820 laboratory-confirmed cases recorded since January 2017‚ the National Institute of Communicable Diseases says.
Two...
Search for missing plane continues
THE Border Aviation Club has reported that it has no further information on the whereabouts of a member of the East London flying community...
Mayor in back to school visits
BUFFALO City Metro Municipality (BCMM) Executive Mayor Xola Pakati will conclude an intensive back to school campaign today.
The campaign, which started on Monday, was...
Cleaning taxi rank for peanuts
THULANI Maki, 39, is doing whatever he can to feed his family – including cleaning toilets at a taxi rank.
Maki, from Duncan Village, has...
LEAD: Brian Molefe loses pension bonanza
The full bench of the high court in Pretoria on Thursday declared the decision to re-instate former Eskom boss Brian Molefe invalid - and...
Prosecute Brian Molefe‚ says Solidarity after pension win
Trade union Solidarity says it will lobby for criminal prosecution of former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe‚ following Thursday's Pretoria high court ruling that means...
Petition to close down city’s zoo
EAST Londoners are reeling at the state of the city’s zoo with a petition calling for its closure.The Daily Dispatch reported (Charges against zoo...
Water shortage affects Eastern Cape
THE Western Cape water crisis has escalated to disaster status, while the Eastern Cape is also facing severe water shortages.
Spokesman of the department of...
Deputy minister Tshwete to visit a school in Peelton
The department of water and sanitation hosted their second provincial workshop on the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan today in King William’s Town....
Taxi bosses invade ANC headquarters as pay row erupts
By Malibongwe Dayimani
More than 50 Eastern Cape taxi owners today stormed the ANC’s provincial headquarters in King William’s Town demanding outstanding payments.
The irate taxi bosses...
Eskom wants another R66.6bn from us!
While a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption at Eskom is currently being held‚ it's emerged that the power utility thinks it is owed R66.6...
SABC appointments under scrutiny
BY BEKEZELA PHAKATHI
It emerged earlier in January that the SABC was set to hire MTN group chief Chris Maroleng pending vetting by the State...
Legendary musician Hugh Masekela has died
Legendary musician Bra Hugh Masekela has died‚ TshisLIVE can confirm on Tuesday.
Bra Hugh's family issued a statement confirming the news. "After a protracted and...
SABC appointments under scrutiny
Communications Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will have the opportunity on Tuesday to present her side of the story to the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications...
Zulu monarch’s warning to ANC over thorny land issue
BY BONGANI MTHETHWA
Leave the Ingonyama Trust alone. That's the message from Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini who is headed for what could be a...
Rand poised to firm below R12/$ on favourable political developments
The rand was poised to break through R12 to the dollar at midday on Monday as optimism about local political developments continued to buoy...
Fewer road fatalities in 2017 festive period
South Africa saw fewer road fatalities in the 2017 festive period‚ the Department of Transport announced on Monday.
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi said 1‚527 people...
Drowning at Morgan Bay
According to Geoff McGregor, NSRI East London station commander, at 12h50, Sunday, 21st January, NSRI East London were alerted to reports of a drowning in...
Happy customers showcasing their new ANC Regalia
ENTREPRENEURSHIP:Youth in East London supporting vendors during the ANC 106th birthday Celebrations
Picture: ZOLILE ZAMISA
BCM briefs lawyers to stop land invasion near EL airport
Buffalo City municipality is briefing lawyers to bring an urgent court application to halt a land invasion threatening future expansion of the airport at...
Ex-teacher laughs quietly in court while his legal team defends him
By Barbara Hollands
Rape and sexual assault-accused former teacher Neil le Roux laughed quietly while his legal counsel did their best to frame his alleged abuse...
Residents participate in BCM’s ‘biggest’ land invasion
By Mbali Tanana
Scores of residents this week participated in what seemed to be the biggest land invasion BCM has ever seen.
They have illegally earmarked government...
Water outage affects large parts of NU1
By Malibongwe Dayimani
A malfunctioning water pipe at Mzonyana Water Treatment Works left large parts of Mdantsane NU1 without water twice this week, spurring Buffalo City...
Eskom boss in secret R400m deal
By: Stephan Hofstatter And Sikonathi Mantshantsha
Suspended Eskom chief financial officer Anoj Singh signed a secret deal binding the cash-strapped utility to pay a R400m...
Four days‚ fourteen deaths: fatal listeriosis outbreak continues to kill
Fourteen deaths in four days. That's what the National Institute of Communicable Diseases’ latest listeriosis outbreak report reveals.
A total of 81 people have died...
Rand firms slightly ahead of Reserve Bank announcement
The rand was marginally stronger against major global currencies shortly before midday on Thursday‚ with focus squarely on the Reserve Bank policy announcement later...
Nxesi explains terms of reference of the inquiry into football
The terms of reference of a committee of inquiry into the death of two fans at a football match at FNB Stadium will cover...
Water Levels declining in EC
Due to a lack of rain in the region, most parts of the Eastern Cape are experiencing low dam levels as well as continuously...
Dead EC woman ‘gives birth’ in coffin
A rural community in the Eastern Cape is stunned and baffled after a dead woman gave birth inside a coffin.
The bizarre “coffin birth” has...
WATCH: Prospective Unisa students storm Durban campus
BY JEFF WICKS
Prospective Unisa students stormed the Durban campus on Wednesday morning.
http://youtu.be/A60s9V2bmq0
A group of about 100 students forced down a section of palisade fencing‚...
