Buffalo City municipal workers go on strike
South African Municipal Workers’ Union wants an end to private contracting of primary municipal services
News | 16 September 2025
Gang violence forces Kariega families to abandon their homes
More than 30 homes torched or vandalised as criminals target community leaders and witnesses in a suspected campaign of intimidation
News | 10 September 2025
Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape village
Only one 10,000-litre tank to supply hundreds of households
Brief | 8 September 2025
Storm damaged classrooms left roofless for six years
Ngqusi Junior Secondary school in Centane have been waiting for the education department to fix its classrooms since June 2019
Brief | 3 September 2025
Kariega clinic still closed seven weeks after gang shooting
Area has seen a surge in gang crime, residents say
Brief | 3 September 2025
Fed up Gqeberha residents close clinic
A petition signed by 200 people demands the local health service improve
Brief | 2 September 2025
Buffalo City wastes millions on vanity projects while essential infrastructure crumbles
More than R200-million blown on mismanaged tourist attractions while beaches are polluted by sewage
Feature | 1 September 2025
Fed-up with unresponsive officials, Gqeberha protesters torch trucks
Second day of protests by shack dwellers in Westville
Brief | 27 August 2025
A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete
Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build
Brief | 27 August 2025