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After 30 years of pleading with the municipality, the residents of Greenwich Street in Pefferville are finally receiving a much needed street light. The street...

Before the Umtiza Arts Festival kicks off this year, the EL Museum will have a new display at the entrance to the museum marking...

Eco-warrior retirees at Settlers Rest Retirement Village joined forces with Caring Owls NPO this time last year to provide a safe home for rescued...

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...

Potholes are an unfortunate and dangerous reality for many Buffalo City municipality (BCM) residents. With the recent rains exposing even more potholes and poor road...

Maintenance of municipal sites across the city is a concern, particularly with respect to cemeteries. However, this could change, as municipal workers were seen cleaning...

As youth unemployment rises across the city, local organisations such as New Kwanda are trying to mitigate the strain by providing young job seekers...

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

Helping Those In Need has partnered with various NPOs around East London to build a massive tower of donated food and essential necessities to...

Local video streaming platform Montywood will be hosting its first annual film awards on Saturday March 2 at the Guild Theatre in East London. The...

The Qinirha Estuary Management Forum (QEMF) is one step closer to securing preservation of the estuary and estuary mouth after the Eastern Cape Department...

After August 8, we may witness ratepayers’ associations from across the city institute legal action against the Buffalo City Municipality’s (BCM) electricity tariff increases...

June 1 saw Southernwood and Baysville residents up in arms against workers from local organization, Engage Men’s Health, who were attempting to dump their...

Five friends from Stirling High School went to the East London Aquarium to celebrate a birthday and left vowing to raise funds for washed-up...

The controversial low-cost housing development happening in Cambridge West has come to stand still as a result of contractual disputes between Buffalo City Metropolitan...

On April 3, BCM reinstated the ward-based funding for all 50 wards in the metro, enabling ward councillors to get back to implementing initiatives...

This week, GO!&Express caught up with mom of six and long-time Nahoon resident, Wendy Miller, to discuss initiatives she has established in Ward 18...

“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...

Potholes are an unfortunate reality that many Buffalo City Municipality residents are forced to deal with. The rainy weather East London has been experiencing over...

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...

Thousands of pupils drop out of school every year in Buffalo City, but local NGOs, educators and social workers are working together to try...

Gonubie traffic department learner drivers are appealing to the community to assist with refilling potholes on the learner driver test route that is forcing...

In December, DA-affiliated ward councillors handed over a petition to Buffalo City Metro urging that local bylaws be upheld at beaches. The call was for...

Without birth certificates, children in East London’s Duncan Village live without a sense of belonging. To counter the problem, University of Fort Hare student, Tracy...

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...

Last week the Beacon Bay Ratepayers’ Association (BBRA) submitted a letter to BCMM calling for the removal of garden transfer station signs on Quenera...

It’s impressive, in all ways, to see strong family dynamics at work and championing a most successful family business which has long served the...

During December, ward 18 residents, in collaboration with the SAPS, launched the Community in Blue volunteer initiative which is aimed at enforcing bylaws on...

Food insecurity across the Eastern Cape has seen 207 children die in the last two years due to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) — a...

In December, the community living near the corner of Hillcrest Drive and Coad Road in Beacon Bay launched the Park to Peak recreation trails. The...

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...

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,...

Following reports of underage drinking after the Hoerskool Grens Sports Festival on March 11, school principals across the city released a public appeal on...

LEBO MJANGAZE In an effort to combat the rising challenges of violence and bullying in schools, local organisation Bumb’ingomso hosted a powerful awareness campaign at...

On September 12, ratepayers from across the metro will be at the East London High Court to challenge the 80/20 credit control policy with...

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...

Growing up in North End, Leslie Ragaval and Cedric Pringle say the spirit of community encouraged families to support and provide for one another. Years...

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...

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...

After ongoing complaints and multiple attempts to get BCM to fix the gaping potholes in their area, frustrated Dorchester Heights residents have resorted to...

According to the latest integrated waste management bylaw, out for public comment, people could face up to 15 years’ imprisonment for illegal dumping. Offenders will...

Residents of Gonubie have chosen to transform a plot of land, previously prone to dumping, into a lovely children’s playground. This decision was made after...

Chintsa’s Sardine Festival kicks off from July 4-13, celebrating the spectacular sardine run, which marks the migration of shoals of silver fish along SA’s...

To alleviate gaps in accessibility to primary healthcare, three state-of-the-art Department of Health mobile clinics, will be making their rounds in communities across Buffalo...

The fourth installment of the municipality’s Thetha Nathi roadshows was held on May 20 at the Gonubie BCMM offices at which MMC for Finance...

Through the efforts of the ward 28 councillor’s office, the Beacon Bay Library will open the doors to its new computer room in early...

Throughout October, anyone interested in doing lifesaving courses – from nippers to seniors – through the East London Surf Club is invited to sign...

When local artist Nkokheli Mzimba was granted the opportunity to paint parts of Buffalo City, he saw it as a chance to not only...

In an endeavour to reclaim their neighbourhoods, residents of Buffalo City are joining forces to submit a petition to the municipality to address the...

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