Stands uplift traders’ lives
Hawkers in Bhisho received a welcome gift last week when finance MEC Lubabalo Mabuyane and Buffalo City mayor Xola Pakati visited the area to...
Colossal Kelfa showdowns
SLICK MOVE: Hellenic winger, Rivaldo Madden (blue jersey), tries to get past his opponent during their King East Local Football Association league game against...
Comedy duo all set to tickle funny bones in KWT
Get ready to tickle your funny bones as comedians Ndumiso Lindi and Tumi Morake bring their nationwide tour to King William’s Town on November...
Creative fun for young
Church holiday club helps keep children off streets
THE annual holiday club programme presented by the Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church in King William’s Town has...
Hairy fairy magic Comrades run raises R90000 for King SPCA
MADELEINE CHAPUT AND THANDEKA NTLONTI
AFTER running the Comrades Marathon Michael Webb, fondly known as the Pink Fairy, has managed to raise almost R90000 for...
Say no to drugs, says campaign
A SUBSTANCE abuse campaign held by Buffalo City Metro (BCM) Health District in Breidbach last week was a huge success, with a large attendance...
What a sorry mess
King William’s Town residents find their town in a state of squalor as the Samwu strike edges forward with no end in sight.
Uncollected refuse...
DCS supports Kusile Women Empowerment Centre
KUSILE Women Empowerment Centre (KWEC) in Stutterheim received a much-needed donation from department of correctional services officials (DCS) from the AmatholeManagement Area last week.
The...
Heritage Day sport set to wow audiences
It is that time of the year again when all roads will lead to the Breidbach Sports Grounds in King William’s Town for the...
Special treat for Breidbach seniors
The Breidbach community hall was filled with excitement after staff from Charteris & Barnes CC spent their 67 minutes for Mandela Day entertaining senior...
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....
Making KHS proud
The #SPAR Baby Proteas taking part in the Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017 in Botswana have a King William’s Town connection. Former Kingsridge...
Church soup kitchen gets boost
February is the month of love and this was demonstrated through a loving act of generosity from two businesses who donated groceries towards the Calvary Way...
Get revved up for CLA bikers’ rally
In a bid to fundraise and strengthen bonds between the community, the Club Leaders Association (CLA) bikers’ rally will take place in Kei Road...
Taste of Wits Academy for youngsters
FOUR Carlos Soccer Youth Development Academy (CSYDA) young footballers travelled to Gauteng to join Bidvest Wits Football Club for a week’s training.
Athenkosi Badi, Musa...
Struggling brothers helped by Zwelitsha residents
While handing out cooked meals to celebrate Mother’s Day earlier this month, Zwelitsha
resident Kwezikazi Ntulini came across Mfusi Kosani, 23, standing outside his home.
Ntulini...
Zwelitsha local returns home to help those in need
Former Zwelitsha Township resident Yoliswa Klaas, who now lives in Mdantsane and works for the Eastern Cape provincial department of education, returned to her...
SPCA in desperate need
King William’s Town SPCA is in dire need of all kind of animal food as a result of an influx of strays animals that...
Anger that school has not reopened ‘as promised’
As hundreds of Eastern Cape parents struggle to find a school for their children, residents of Zwelitsha outside King William’s Town have slammed the...
Mthembu takes pageant title
The second annual Miss Berlin November took place on Saturday at Mdantsane City Mall with Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student Zizile Mthembu declared the...
Correctional Services kick off Vala with play
Production company visit centres
THE department of correctional services (DCS) in the Amathole management area started the build-up to their annual Operation Vala last week...
Feast of football action at Breidbach’s Goodwill Games
A CARNIVAL atmosphere filled Breidbach Sports Grounds for the fifth annual Goodwill Games held between the Breidbach Football Association and EL Central at the...
Supporters club host successful fundraiser
Despite inclement weather, the King William’s Town All Blacks Supporters Club described their fundraising tournament held over at the weekend as a phenomenal success.
The...
Young beauty makes her mark
THE fact that she has the responsibility to care for her mother who has a challenge with her eyesight, has not prevented Rashè Thompson...
Sign up for the 2019 King Adventure Challenge
Registration for the upcoming King Adventure Challenge, scheduled for August 11, are now open and residents are required to put their names down as...
King Adventure Challenge back again
Get your adventure shoes on and get ready to rumble in King Williams Town once again at the BUCO King Adventure Challenge that will...
Lions save the day
Breidbach Primary clothing donation
BREIDBACH Primary School (BPS) received a huge boost when a donation of school clothing was handed over to the school by...
Pink Fairy raising funds for SPCA
Mike Webb, aka the Pink Fairy, is raising money for the SPCA in Qonce (formerly King William’s Town) by taking part in a virtual...
Using art to bring about change
Bid to help local creatives exhibit work at home
King William’s Town local Mandima Qunta hopes to use art to bring about change in her...
Officials keep an eye on parolees
Parolees and probationers living in Zwelitsha and Phakamisa townships received visits from King William’s Town department of correctional services officials during a special monitoring...
King barman also handy on bowling green
Headman Ngonyama has been a household name in King William’s Town for many years, and is affectionately referred to as “Heady” by locals.
The 67-year-old,...
Missing persons sought by Dimbaza SAPS [UPDATE]
UPDATE: The two teenagers have been found
Two teenagers from Lieveldt Location outside King William’s Town, Titimani Yamkela (girl, 17) and Samkelo Gulwa (boy, 18), went missing...
Pink Fairy raises R17k for SPCA
Last weekend, Mike Webb (aka the Pink Fairy) ran an impressive 42km from Macleantown to Buffs Club in East London in order to raise...
Final farewell to well-known journalist Donian
Seasoned journalist for the King William’s Town Mercury, Daily Dispatch and The Bugle Denver Donian passed away last Wednesday at the age of 64.
The...
Christmas comes early for needy
IT WAS like Christmas came early for the needy when about 350 people – including children – were served food and handed clothing to...
King Bowling Club Classic a success
What a weekend, what an event! That is the verdict from all those who participated in the annual Old Buck-sponsored King Bowling Club Classic...
Italian firm empowers residents
Italian-owned MA Automotive tool and die company has invested R350 000 to create job opportunities for their employees relatives’ and a portion of the...
MATTER OF FACT
IN THE November 2 edition of the GO! & Express photo and caption on page 4, “Grand Lady” we left one of the owners...
Unbeatable Dale young guns
Dale Junior under-13 rugby was unbeaten this season, with only one draw out of 24 games played.
Dale Junior marketing manager Luyanda Mpande said this...
Pink Fairy magic
Halloween run/walk to raise funds for two cancer sufferers
TO CELEBRATE October being Cancer Month, Pink Fairy Multisport Adventures presents the Candles for Cancer fundraiser.
The...
Zwelitsha man loses all in fire
A Zwelitsha resident received a nasty shock recently when his their shack burnt ed down while he was they were away at work.
According to...
Large queues for grants
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Zwelitsha residents came out in their numbers on Monday to collect their social security grants, patiently waiting in line...
KWT police seek assistance to identify body
King William's Town police seek the community's assistance to identify a female body that was found recently.
This after a body of an unknown female...
Liquor board campaign in schools
IN A bid to curb underage drinking in schools, the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) is visiting schools in the Buffalo City Metro in...
Donation shows people care
THE Breidbach Clinic gratefully accepted a much-needed wheelchair on Tuesday, after it was donated to the facility by a member of the community.
It was...
24 schools set to battle it out in rugby tourney
Leo Mbini Schools Rugby Development is in partnership with the Berlin and Ndevana Community Police Forum to host a tournament for 24 primary schools...
Sanco elects BCM branch members
Desmond Allison to head up ward 44
SOUTH African National Civics Organisation (Sanco) executive members were democratically elected for the Buffalo City Metro ward 44...
Pink Fairy helps cancer sufferers
For three years now, King William’s Town’s Mike Webb, also known as the Pink Fairy, has been running an annual Candles for Cancer fun...
Joy at school shoes
King Rotary ‘wind beneath wings with BPS donation
THE King William's Town Rotary Club brought joy and an abundance of smiles on the faces of...