Potholes are an unfortunate and dangerous reality for many Buffalo City municipality (BCM) residents. With the recent rains exposing even more potholes and poor road conditions, the impact on road users has become increasingly severe. In…
LEBO MJANGAZE In an effort to combat the rising challenges of violence and bullying in schools, local organisation Bumb’ingomso hosted a powerful awareness campaign at Parkside Primary School last week which brought together a range of…
The Buffalo City metro’s roads branch has ramped up its efforts to address the city’s pothole crisis, repairing more than 5,500 potholes across the metro during November. Areas including Southernwood, Vincent, Beacon Bay, Gonubie, and…
Buffalo City’s aging wastewater treatment infrastructure is crumbling under the weight of rapid development, leading to frequent sewage spills into vital water bodies like the Gonubie estuary. In response, concerned locals are taking…
Buffalo City residents, who found their homes and cars underwater during the storms from June 1-2, fear the approaching rainy season, as stormwater drains across the city remain unmaintained and blocked. Residents, businesses and…
The Buffalo City Metro Municipality (BCMM) may soon introduce a fine of R1,000 for motorists who are caught patronising car washers on the Quigney Esplanade. This measure is part of intensified efforts to enforce bylaws that prohibit cars…
Cremations at the Cambridge Crematorium ground to a halt for 10 days in December after the municipality failed to pay supplier, Afrox Gas, forcing bodies to be sent to a private crematorium 300km away in Despatch, outside of Gqeberha. The…
“The municipality must acknowledge they have a problem with ageing infrastructure and insufficient maintenance. Sewage overflows into residential areas is completely unacceptable and cannot be left to continue.” These are the damning…
Local initiative, Asivikelane Health, is helping communities and healthcare workers in BCMM come together to tackle patient mistreatment, inefficient administration, and long queues at local clinics like Drake Road Clinic and Greenfields…
The municipality has been issued with a court order to address the growing number of abandoned plots in West Bank within 180 days. Issued in October, the court order was pursued by the Centre for Local Community Rights. Residents who…
Residents of Gonubie have chosen to transform a plot of land, previously prone to dumping, into a lovely children’s playground. This decision was made after 670 Gonubie residents voted in a Facebook poll posted by ward 29 councillor, Val…
After ongoing complaints and multiple attempts to get BCM to fix the gaping potholes in their area, frustrated Dorchester Heights residents have resorted to using their own resources and labour to fill them up. About 30 community members…
Tidy Towns Buffalo City and Border Kei Chamber of Business (BKCOB) have renewed calls for BCMM to issue a tender for the repair of the iconic Bonza Bay beach slide, which will hopefully commence in 2024. Tidy Towns BC believes the slide’s…
This has been a financially and emotionally draining year for residents living on Reservoir and Connaught roads in Milner Estate, with house break-ins averaging four to five times a month by criminals who are aided by cover of the…
The Qinirha Estuary Management Forum (QEMF) is one step closer to securing preservation of the estuary and estuary mouth after the Eastern Cape Department of economic development, environmental affairs and tourism (DEDEAT) gave the…
In an endeavour to reclaim their neighbourhoods, residents of Buffalo City are joining forces to submit a petition to the municipality to address the growing concerns regarding abandoned and hijacked buildings. The petition, backed by…
An accountability dialogue organised by Masimanyane Women’s Rights International on August 23 revealed that little has been done by local government departments this year to combat gender-based violence and femicide, despite promises made…
Two years ago, community members in KwaZulu-Natal, launched the Tidy Towns initiative which has managed to restore and maintain public beaches and this August, Buffalo City receives its own iteration of the programme. Founded in April…
Last week the Beacon Bay Ratepayers’ Association (BBRA) submitted a letter to BCMM calling for the removal of garden transfer station signs on Quenera Drive that have led to illegal dumping in the area. This letter went unanswered and…
According to the latest integrated waste management bylaw, out for public comment, people could face up to 15 years’ imprisonment for illegal dumping. Offenders will be issued with a fine too, and convicted felons could find their names…
