New regulations to curb underage drinking
The new regulations involve the integration of municipal requirements in liquor licensing and on-site accountability.
Eastern Cape
Mthatha, a scene of grief and trauma
The deluge on the night of 10 June swept away homes in Mthatha. The death toll in the Eastern Cape floods continues to rise.
‘No 10-year-old should be a mother’: Eastern Cape’s child pregnancy crisis
More than 15,000 girls aged just 10 to 19 years have given birth in the Eastern Cape since April 2024, a deepening crisis of child pregnancy driven by poor health access, limited education, and systemic neglect.
Bush toilets and bucket water for occupiers of RDP houses and their rightful owners
Lack of basic services is at the centre of discontent in two East London settlements.
Enyobeni survivors testify in court
The Inquest will resume in June with Enyobeni owner expected to testify.
Rage over rape of seven-year-old ‘Cwecwe’ in Matatiele
Parliament’s education committee plans to visit the alleged scene of the crime at Bergview College in the coming weeks.
Students have higher education minister on-side against University of Fort Hare
The minister has given Fort Hare five days to come up with an implementation plan and report on issues facing students.
Pit toilets replaced by substandard ‘improved’ pit toilets in EC schools
The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.
Buffalo City residents protest against electricity price hikes
The Buffalo City ratepayers have vowed to disrupt mayoral events until she meets with them.
Liquor board, police and municipality all complicit in Emoyeni deaths – EC Human Rights Commission
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board is woefully understaffed yet has been unrestrained in issuing licenses.
The teachings of HIV, TB and Covid: Value community healthcare workers more
Community healthcare workers are indispensable to fighting health epidemics yet most are treated as volunteers deserving only of a stipend.
Long walk to school for learners in rural Eastern Cape
Ntabenkonyana learners brave bad weather and risk their lives and their futures just getting to school.
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