Community in Blue are turning tide at Nahoon

In the three months that Community in Blue volunteers have been patrolling Nahoon Beach, there has been a marked improvement, say residents. One resident, who...

Minister’s bursary in honour of father goes to top pupils

Last year, former minister of public administration Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi visited John Bisseker Secondary School to launch a R10,000 bursary for a deserving pupil, in...

Come search for gems at Scratch Patch in East London

A Scratch Patch involves spending time and money looking for pretty rocks, and as improbable as this sounds, they popular among parents and children...

Hard hit schools finally open

A month after schools in the city reopened, pupils from Pefferville Primary and Alphendale Senior Secondary schools are finally back at their desks. Both schools...

EL’s Hlonela off to Spain as Miss Teen Universe SA contestant

Though still a teenager, Hlonela Mrwetyana is an international model, dancer, actor and current Brand Ambassador for Hemingways Mall and will soon be jetting...

Five Border indoor cricketers in SA side

After a successful season last year, the Border Indoor Cricket side has kicked off this year with five players selected to the SA side...

U21 anglers bag gold at nationals

The junior Border angling Under 21 side bagged gold at the junior nationals in January, while the U16 team placed fourth overall, just 27...

Fed up parents protest as school doors remain closed

On February 6, desperate Alphendale parents protested over the education department’s delay in getting the repair work done so their children can get back...

Waterworld work still on hold

While work on the Waterworld upgrade project is still on hold and subcontractors and workers have gone without pay for three months, contractual disputes...

Hudsonian signs with Blue Bulls

Border rugby continues to cement itself as an important training ground for young talent as yet another former Hudsonian and Border Craven Week player,...

Fitness guru speaks on wellness advice for 2023

We caught up with Brendan Knickelbein, the former Body 3.0 operations manager and current strength and conditioning coach at Grens High School, to discuss...

Hair care tips for the year

We caught up with Candice Wittstock from Chez Francios about the best hair care practices people should follow in 2023. First who are you and...

Undiscovered talent on display at exhibit

The works of rising talents such as Tango Bobo and Evert Esterhuizen, as well as still unknown artists is on display in the innovative...

New forest path named after legend

Settlers Rest Retirement Village launched the establishment of a beautiful new pathway through its forest, named in honour of Prof Trevor Steinke. The pathway is...

Pupils losing out on vital class time

Pupils and teachers at Parklands Special School are struggling to keep up with the 2023 curriculum due to an ongoing dispute with the Department...

Inaction and vandalism steal BCM budget: DA

Local DA members took to the streets in support of the party’s national protest against load-shedding on January 25, and to highlight inefficiencies in...

Shack fire victims suffering

Pefferville residents who lost their homes to shack fires during December have still not been provided with temporary shelter from the municipality. Community members who...

Chefs’ World Cup experience sweet ‘n sour

The soccer World Cup in Qatar was marred with widely reported worker’s rights abuses and local chefs Odwa Memza and Faizel Bezuidenhout, who were...

Thieves strip newly fixed traffic lights

Just 48 hours after being repaired, the traffic lights at the N2 off-ramp to Gonubie were stripped once again by cable thieves on January...

Waterworld stalls again: workers strike over non-payment

Workers at East London’s Waterworld fun park downed tools on January 19 over wage issues, delaying the completion of the project further. In October 2022,...

Alphendale pupils protest over school doors remaining shut

Desperate matric pupils who are yet to start their academic year at Alphendale Senior Secondary took to the streets in protest on January 27. Alphendale...

Pefferville Primary’s pupils still stuck at home

While pupils across the metro have been in classes for a week, children attending Pefferville Primary are still unable to return due to thieves...

SA Badminton stars battle tough All Africa Games

Local badminton stars Mia Labuschagne, Tyron Sandison and Amy Swart represented the SA Under 19 team at the All Africa Games in Mauritius from...

Book retells history of African Indians

The national book tour of The Indian Africans was hosted by Harry’s Printer’s in East London in December. Co-author Kiru Naidoo, who has been travelling...

New commercial gallery to assist local creatives

The Eastern Cape Design Focus launched a new commercial art gallery on January 12 called Limani, situated on Old Transkei Road. The aim is to...

Bitingly satirical ‘White Lotus’ back to tantalise

Genre: drama, thriller, satire and dark comedy This time set on the island of Sicily, the second season of The White Lotus gives viewers another...

Alphendale pupils stranded due to theft and vandalism

It was back to school for many pupils on Wednesday but this was not the case at Alphendale Senior Secondary School in Buffalo Flats. After...

Greensleeves High calls for support

  At the end of last year, the GO! & Express reached out to Greensleeves Children’s Trust to find out more about its newly-established high...

Miss Teen Idol World shares winning wisdom

The GO! & Express caught up with Qonce high school pupil Caitlyn Cassels, who was recently crowned Miss Teen Junior Idol World 2023 in...

Go Review – White Lotus

Genre: drama, thriller, satire and dark comedy This time set on the island of Sicily, the second season of The White Lotus gives viewers another...

Swimming star breaks four records

Merrifield Preparatory pupil Adam Brown broke four records at the Inter-Regional Gala in Graaff-Reinet on November 1. Adam, who is the captain of the Under...

Buffalo City to host world waveski event

On November 9, SA won the bid to host the 2024 World Waveski Surfing Titles (WWST) in Buffalo City. Voting took place in Ventura in...

EL CrossFit team prove the strongest

As the CrossFit season draws to a close, local team the Slumtown Sled Dogs finished as the winners of the intermediate phase of the...

EL para surfer set for world championships

TAMMY FRAY Local para-athlete JP Veaudry has been selected to the South African side set to compete in the World Para Surf Championships in December...

No Lottery funding for animals, ‘devastating’

The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has excluded animal welfare as a priority for funding in the 2022/23 financial year. Karen de Klerk, the chairperson of...

Joint effort to help shack fire victims

Action SA East London and local NGO Love In Action handed over much-needed donations of clothing to the Mzamomhle shack fire victims on November...

World medal champ speaks to Go! on win

After representing SA at the Biathle World Championships in Spain, what do your medals mean to you? My silver and gold team medals mean a...

SA captain just misses men’s senior’s finals

East London’s Bruce Viaene represented SA at the World Waveski Surfing Titles in Ventura, California, from November 7-13. Viaene narrowly missed progressing to the finals,...

Magic of Motown at the Guild

Motown Records, the music label responsible for introducing us to Diana Ross and the Supremes, among others, had an undeniable influence on rhythm and...

Murambi roses ready for picking

The annual Murambi Roses rose- picking event was held on Saturday November 12, and attendees from far and wide arrived early to put their...

Leigh-Ann aims to bring trans voice to gender equality commission

NGO leader Leigh-Ann van der Merwe has made history as the first ever trans woman to be nominated as a commissioner to the SA...