Service Delivery

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...

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...

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

This has been a financially and emotionally draining year for residents living on Reservoir and Connaught roads in Milner Estate, with house break-ins averaging...

While residents consider legal action against the electricity increases, businesses are feeling the pinch, with their charges shooting up from R2,500 to approximately R46,000. From...

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...

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...

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

KAZIMLA MFIKILI The increasing deterioration of Gonubie’s roads brings into question the success of the Buffalo City’s Municipality’s (BCM) Operation Valazonke programme, which in May...

The legality of BCMM mayor Princess Faku’s electricity meter amnesty deal announced last week is being called into question given the deal contravenes the...

On September 12, Buffalo City Metro, Border Kei Chamber of Business and Buffalo City Tidy Towns committed to refurbish ablution facilities at beaches and...

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....

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

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...

Two residents from Pefferville are taking the Buffalo City Municipality to court on October 24 over failing infrastructure causing raw sewage to flow into...

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

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

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...

To prevent a reoccurrence of pregnant patients lying on the floor in Frere Hospital’s labour and delivery ward, the Eastern Cape health department will...

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...

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...