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Internal investigation scrutinises Super 14 nonpayment fiasco

The Eastern Cape Super 14 conundrum over the 2024 nonpayment of money to Border and Eastern Province rugby clubs is under internal investigation. This was revealed by the ...

School News

Excitement, hope as school year kicks off

The 2025 academic year started with the excited patter of schoolchildren on Wednesday, with teachers and principals gearing up for a productive ...

Entertainment

Three Eastern Cape contestants primed to wow Big Brother Mzansi

Three Eastern Cape contestants are vying for prize money that is yet to be revealed at 2025’s Big Brother Mzansi. They will be going up against 21 ...

News

Minister working hard to solve initiation ...

The national government is looking to find a lasting solution to the fatalities and injuries of initiates in the country, especially in the notorious Eastern Cape and to tighten up the laws regulating traditional initiation. For many years, most ...

News

Reporting teen pregnancies is non-negotiable for ...

With the alarming number of minors falling pregnant in the Eastern Cape, some as young as 10, basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube says teachers must ensure the cases are reported, whether the perpetrators are at the schools or not. Speaking ...

Business

BCM and Nyda partner in spaza training course

About 100 young business-minded people from across Buffalo City Municipality are enjoying a five-day small business ...

News

Mdantsane Art Centre renovation project at a standstill

Artists in Mdantsane have been left stranded as renovations at the R11m Mdantsane Arts Centre have stalled due to ...

Business

Cybercrime tops list of concerns for SA companies, study shows

Worsened by rapid development of AI, cyberrisk overrides all other issues, Allianz Risk Barometer reads

Sport

Magesi snap up Amaxesibe shot-stopper

Magesi have become the latest Premier Soccer League club to come shopping in the Eastern Cape and have snapped up ABC ...

Sport

Stirling received good exposure in Union High cricket festival

Stirling High emerged with a creditable record of played two and lost two when they returned from the Union High ...

News

Wild Coast’s Bulungula College achieves 98% pass rate

Bulungula College in Xhorha on the crime-ravaged Wild Coast has, in its fourth year, held the top matric spot in the ...

News

Komani community group vows to approach human rights body over water quality

Komani community leaders who previously accused the town’s politicians of engineering a water shortage crisis that ...

News

Village school rises from ashes after being closed for poor performance in 2017

Pupils, teachers and parents at Mditshwa Technical High School in Ncambele village, Mthatha, celebrated the school’s ...

News

Eastern Cape targets 90% pass rate by 2030 as results continue to improve

The Eastern Cape has set its target on achieving a 90% pass rate by 2030, and having upped its performance by more ...

News

Eastern Cape paid millions for electricity, water at shutdown school hostel

The Eastern Cape government has, for more than 20 years, paid millions of rand for water and electricity services for ...