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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...

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

The closure of Berea Veterinary last year and the SPCA clinic this year, left many East London residents without an outlet for their animals....

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...

This week GO!&Express caught up with long-time Beacon Bay resident, Juan de Kock from the Beacon Bay Community Patrolling Association, to discuss the impact...

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...

Following cries for help from hospital staff at Aspiranza Clinic, the community of Buffalo Flats extension set to work, clearing bushes and cleaning up...

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...

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...

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

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...

Border Icons in Sport (BIS) wrapped up its impactful three-year project celebrating legendary sports figures from diverse communities with an event highlighting heritage and...

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

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...

Full salaries owed to sub-contractors and general workers at the Waterworld reconstruction project are yet to be paid out. During the week of February 9,...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

“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...

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

To mark World Cleanup Day on September 17, the Qinira estuary management forum (QEMF) invited the community to join its efforts to clear areas...

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

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...

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

Ward 18 councillor Jason Mc Dowell will be using part of his ward-based funding for the establishment of a biome garden and mother-and-child play...

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...

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...

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

John Bisseker Secondary School has become an indictment of the EC education department’s failuresand the maelstrom of challenges at the school came to a...

Two years ago, community members in KwaZulu-Natal, launched the Tidy Towns initiative which has managed to restore and maintain public beaches and this August,...

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...

The Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency (BCMDA) hosted a stakeholder’s meeting on October 13 to provide feedback on progress made in the Court Crescent...

On April 14, pupils from Mzokhanyayo High School and Uviwe Senior Secondary School received top prizes from national foundation Safer SA for their literary...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

After four years of pleading with the municipality, the Gonubie Ratepayers Association has finally succeeded in forcing BCM to remove overgrown vegetation from 12th...

This year, Zamile Kuwana and Nothule Gezana’s Thandizam Trading Enterprise and Projects celebrates a year in the local waste management space. Founded in 2022, Thandizam...

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...

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