50,000 people and only one ambulance
Five out of six ambulances in the Sundays River Valley Municipality have broken down
News | 28 September 2025
Municipal strike called off in Buffalo City
SAMWU members went on strike for a week over outsourcing
Brief | 23 September 2025
Thousands of municipal workers take to the streets in Buffalo City, despite interdict
Roads around the city barricaded with burning tyres, but SAMWU denies its members were involved
Brief | 17 September 2025
Teachers at Eastern Cape school give up their toilet to grade R learners
Jongikhaya teachers and learners share broken pit toilets
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 17 September 2025
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