Service Delivery

Ward 28 councillor Frederick Pohl and his team spent Friday morning, January 19, cutting the grass at Beacon Bay police station. This forms part of...

Last week the municipality decided to reconsider the 80/20 credit control policy for outstanding debt and possibly change the split to 60/40 instead. This follows...

TANDO NKUNGWANA A new artistic landmark is set to brighten Gonubie Main Road, turning the town’s reservoir into a vibrant mural that celebrates its rich...

Tidy Towns Buffalo City and Border Kei Chamber of Business (BKCOB) have renewed calls for BCMM to issue a tender for the repair of...

In the coming months, the municipality will be intensifying its efforts to recover outstanding debt from slow-paying consumers. This will be done in a bid...

Over the festive season residents may see a sleek new mobile alcohol evidence centre making the rounds of roadblocks in East London to do...

“The municipality must acknowledge they have a problem with ageing infrastructure and insufficient maintenance. Sewage overflows into residential areas is completely unacceptable and cannot...

Open spaces across the city are overrun with bushes and long grass yet newly ordered bush-clearing and grass-cutting tools are gathering dust in the...

Despite the harsh weather conditions on September 26, more than 80 dedicated volunteers came together to clean up Eastern Beach in Quigney, showcasing true...

A new initiative, the lanyard project, is taking root in our community, aiming to make East London a more inclusive and compassionate space for...

EMIHLE MBANGATHA Animal lovers and wellness enthusiasts in East London can look forward to an unusual event on November 23, when Furever Fixed, a local...

Dear festive season  guest – look out! Buffalo City’s Eastern Beach sinkholes are giving new meaning to the term “tourist trap”.   Our Esplanade is incredible...

EMIHLE MBANGATHA The Quigney Ratepayers and Residents Association (QRPRA) is celebrating a year of successful initiatives which have helped reintroduce tourism back into the area,...

FESTIVE FEVER: This past weekend hundreds flocked down to East London’s esplanade to experience the annual Christmas display and fireworks hosted by the municipality....

There was relief and joy on Wednesday when it was revealed that the sewage leaks on the western side of Gonubie Point had dried...

“If we knew how bad the service delivery would become, we would have started our businesses in another city.” This is the view of local...

SIKHO NTSHOBANE While ensuring everyone has access to clean water remains a challenge, the OR Tambo district municipality is spending about R300m on constructing another...

A bridge will be built over the stream gushing sewage in Gonubie to keep thousands of Discovery Surfers Challenge runners safe. For six months, the...

In the streets of Alphandale in East London, a foul undercurrent threatens daily life. For more than three years, raw sewage has oozed underneath a...

MANDILAKHE KWABABANA and LISAKHANYA NDWAYI   The supply of water to the Eastern Cape’s most popular tourist destinations within the Amathole district municipality has reached crisis...

After years of living with the stench of raw sewage, residents of Labans Street in Alphendale are finally breathing easier. For months, a sewage spill...

MFUNDO PILISO and ZENAKHE GXASHE Buffalo City Metro has finally fixed the notorious sinkholes plaguing Eastern Beach, which had turned one of the city’s prime...