Opinion
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
OPINION | Orient Theatre too valuable an asset to ...
OPINION | Serial audit offenders need to get ...
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 ...
OPINION | ANC power battles are inappropriate
The ANC elective conferences are often characterised by unseemly jostling for positions, court challenges, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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