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OPINION | Joint effort needed to end carnage on our roads

Exams are all but done, and schools are closing for the holidays. For many it is time to hit the road and head home to be with family, or go on holiday or on religious ...

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OPINION | BCM’s upbeat — and depressing — tale of two pools

The front page of the Dispatch on Tuesday unwittingly became the tale of two pools in the Buffalo City Metro. One told the story of a national ...

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BEHIND THE NEWS | Bittersweet justice, Granny Grommets, Luvland ...

This is my third year in journalism and by the end of it I am exhausted.  In many ways, it’s a good thing, a sign of hard work and being ...

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OPINION | Orient Theatre too valuable an asset to ...

The flagging of iconic boxing venue Orient Theatre for serious defects by Boxing SA can be described as belated as the building has been in ruins for a while, with Buffalo City Metro doing nothing to repair it. Cries over its dereliction have ...
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OPINION | Serial audit offenders need to get ...

Habitual and repeat offenders.  This best describes the audit outcomes of  the Eastern Cape’s health and education departments. The two are so key to the residents, hence they annually receive the lion’s share of the provincial budget. Last week, ...
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OPINION | Public works debacle cannot be allowed to drag on until April

The Eastern Cape provincial government’s landlords, contractors and their subcontractors face inevitable layoffs and ...

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OPINION | ANC power battles are inappropriate

The ANC elective conferences are often characterised by unseemly jostling for positions, court challenges, ...

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BEHIND THE NEWS | We found you, we heard you, we felt your pain

Asinamanzi etephu kulelali — We don’t have tap water! Agqibela kudala ukuphuma amanzi kwezitephu — There’s been no ...

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OPINION | Collectively we can win the war against GBV

On Monday, SA joined the global community in launching the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and ...

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OPINION | Water mafia throttles life out of Eastern Cape communities

Does the water mafia think we were born yesterday? Clearly yes when it comes to the ruthless manipulation of our ...

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OPINION | Spaza shop crisis: Less regulation and better enforcement needed

The introduction of stricter regulations around spaza shops and vendors will be nothing more than applying plaster ...

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OPINION | Every penny must be made to count in rhino-poaching fight

Rhino poaching and other environmental crimes are on the increase in the Eastern Cape. Replying to a question in the ...

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OPINION | Bleak season looms for East London holidaymakers

Holidaymakers seeking affordable places to have fun are facing a bleak festive season in East London this summer. ...

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OPINION | Ramaphosa misses the mark on contaminated food crisis

After repeated calls by many citizens, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally addressed the nation on Friday about the ...

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OPINION | It’s time for those responsible to pay back the money

Pay back the money. Imagine a world in which municipal officials could be held personally liable for negligently or ...

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READER LETTER | 11-year scrap metal swindle hurts us all

I write on behalf of the Scrap Recycling Coalition. My family has been involved in scrap-metal recycling since 1903 ...

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OPINION | Those responsible for hiring unqualified officials should be disciplined

Experience and skills are just two factors recruiters consider when interviewing a candidate for any position. The ...

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OPINION | Delayed Marina Glen project needs to be completed urgently

The Marina Glen, commonly known as Ebuhlanti, is one of the most popular spots for people who like to have fun in ...

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OPINION | It must not take loss of children’s lives for authorities to take monitoring ...

Last week, Buffalo City Metro’s council took a resolution to shut down more than 2,000 noncompliant spaza shops in ...

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OPINION | Department must step up to protect pupils against abuse

Every time the Daily Dispatch exposes a story involving the sexual abuse of minors, we ask the provincial education ...