A dilapidated three-roomed house used as the Haytor clinic is in a terrible state. A project to renovate the building was halted for a while because the Eastern Cape Department of Health did not pay the contractor. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

Haytor Clinic in Whittlesea near Komani is currently in a terrible state. The property, built in 1976, has three rooms, so there’s barely...
Kings Beach Closed Due to Sewage Spill, Raising Health and Tourism Concerns

Kings Beach Closed Due to Sewage Spill, Raising Health and Tourism...

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has temporarily closed Kings Beach in Humewood after a sewage spill contaminated the water, elevating E.coli levels to unsafe...
Eastern Cape Education Department to Investigate Bullying Incident at David Mama Senior Secondary School

Eastern Cape Education Department to Investigate Bullying Incident at David Mama...

The Eastern Cape Department of Education will visit David Mama Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane on Monday following the circulation of a disturbing video...
Eastern Cape Teachers Demand Police Protection After Gang Extortion Threat

Eastern Cape Teachers Demand Police Protection After Gang Extortion Threat

Teachers at a school in Ngqeleni are living in fear after receiving a chilling extortion note from a gang demanding a monthly "protection fee"...
Nadir Syed Mohiudeen outside the Gqeberha High Court. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane

Rail theft case: accused juggles lawyers, creates further five-month delay

Businessman Nadir Mohiudeen and former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz stand accused of fraudulently selling off 42km of railway line between Sterkstroom and...
Eastern Cape Teacher Gunned Down in Broad Daylight, Community in Shock

Eastern Cape Teacher Gunned Down in Broad Daylight, Community in Shock

A 55-year-old teacher from Mqanduli was brutally murdered earlier this week when an unknown gunman opened fire on her vehicle as she was heading...
Three Arrested for Illegal Electricity Connections in Butterworth

Three Arrested for Illegal Electricity Connections in Butterworth

 A coordinated response by local police and Eskom officials on Tuesday afternoon resulted in the arrest of three suspects for tampering with essential infrastructure...
Historic Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is home to a university, prestigious private schools, the Eastern Cape High Court, and the annual National Arts Festival, yet its infrastructure is crumbling due to decades of mismanagement by the Makana Local Municipality. Photo: Steve Kretzmann

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

It was six days into the 51st annual National Arts Festival (NAF) in July this year, and yet there were no lights to welcome...
Nelson Mandela Bay municipality officials in a meeting with community leaders and residents of Khayelitsha in Kariega. They are discussing their complaints about “load reduction”. This comes as the municipality has urged residents to pay their electricity bills as it struggles to recover over R17-billion in unpaid bills. Photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane

Hundreds of households in Kariega left in the dark

Community members of Khayelitsha in Kariega are up in arms, demanding that the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality remove them from the load reduction schedule. This...
Eastern Cape Land Claimants Decry Decades-Long Delays, Minister Responds

Eastern Cape Land Claimants Decry Decades-Long Delays, Minister Responds

Frustrated land claimants in the Eastern Cape have sharply criticized the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development for systemic failures in processing land...
Two Arrested with Over R1 Million Worth of Illegal Lobsters in Port Alfred Bust

Two Arrested with Over R1 Million Worth of Illegal Lobsters in...

A combination of sharp intuition and vigilance by the Port Alfred K9 Unit led to the arrest of two men found in possession of...
High-Profile Murder Trial Begins in Eastern Cape Amidst Public Outcry

High-Profile Murder Trial Begins in Eastern Cape Amidst Public Outcry

The trial of six men accused of murdering 18 people in Ngobozana, Lusikisiki, commenced yesterday amid heightened tensions and scrutiny over South Africa’s parole...