5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (883+ words) As the race for control of Buffalo City Metro intensifies ahead of the November 4 local government elections, claims of intimidation have emerged. The UDM said it opened a case with police in KuGompo City after threats directed at its mayoral…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (592+ words) The killing of a traditional leader and his mother at their royal Great Place in Willowvale has renewed concerns over the safety of traditional leaders, with national figures revealing that 43 have been killed since 2024. Nkosi Mzonke Gudlulwandle Mazamisa, 52, and his…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (558+ words) One of the men accused in the Lusikisiki massacre trial says he was reluctant to kill ANC leader Mncedisi “Sncane” Gijana because he believed the influential councillor could help him secure municipal tenders. Bonga “Rico” Hintsa, 33, told the Mthatha High…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (638+ words) The Ngqushwa municipality has gone to court to stop what it describes as an organised attempt to seize municipal land in Peddie and carve it up into about 500 residential plots. The Makhanda high court on Thursday granted the municipality an…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (732+ words) “We will realise the Cape-to-Cairo trade corridor, and it begins here in the Eastern Cape.” Minister Parks Tau said this during the recent Eastern Cape Export Symposium held in KuGompo City. The utility of this trade corridor is painfully obvious....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (655+ words) Former ANC Youth League leader and senior AmaMpondo prince Nkosi Mlimandlela Ndamase has dumped the governing party and found a new political home in the UDM, ahead of the November local government elections. UDM president Bantu Holomisa announced on Tuesday…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (612+ words) Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says the provincial government has been given the green light to operate Bulembu Airport, outside Qonce, as a cargo hub and intends using the facility to export agricultural products and support the struggling automotive sector....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (447+ words) Woman boxing trailblazer Siyaba Vabaza-Booi described the Lifetime Achievement award she received at the SA Sports Awards ceremony at Sun City at the weekend as the fulfilment of the late Steve Tshwete’s wishes. Duncan Village’s Vabaza-Booi was the only Eastern…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (656+ words) Convicted cop killer Siphosoxolo Myekethe, now on trial for allegedly killing 18 people in Lusikisiki, says his hands are clean and that those of his former longtime friend and prison cellmate Mzukisi Ndamase are “dripping with blood” from the massacre. Myekethe…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (653+ words) In May 2023, Siphosoxolo Myekethe walked out of prison on parole after serving 21 years of a life sentence for the murder of a policeman. Less than 17 months later he was back behind bars, this time as one of six men accused…...