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This year the East London Museum is continuing in its efforts to have local nature reserves gazetted at provincial level. The Nahoon Point Nature Reserve...

After years of complaints, March 24 saw BCM parks and recreation undertake repair work and upgrades of the walkway leading from the parking lot...

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

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

Residents from Parkside and Buffalo Flats Extension marched to City Hall on March 15 to protest the housing backlog in the metro. Residents say they...

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...

Saturday March 4 saw disgruntled residents from Milner Estate take to the streets in protest against scrapyards operating in the community despite court orders...

According to the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality management report for 2022, the Roundhill landfill site is in need of urgent intervention. BCM was issued with...

Since 2018, Guardians of Hope has cared for 152 abandoned, abused and neglected children in the metro, however, after having had to move premises,...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The letter to the editor in the Go October 28 refers: The business owner who wrote the letter is completely justified in expressing his frustration...

Frustrated residents from ward 4’s Cambridge and Cambridge extension held a community meeting with ward councilor Lemarc Stewart on October 26. Their main concerns raised...

I own and manage a business in Milner Road, North End, for many years now. My establishment is an important part of the local community...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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