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BCM will likely ramp up load-shedding to stage 4 and stage 8 from next month.Image: 123rf.com/Prapan Ngawkeaw

Twelve-hour blackouts on the cards for BCM

Buffalo City Metro residents may have to brace for up to 12 hours a day without electricity, as the city will likely ramp up load-shedding to stage 4 and stage 8 from next month. Municipalities around the country have been advised to…

Batting Bridge will be under maintenance this weekendPicture: FILE/SIBONGILE NGALWA

Batting Bridge closed for maintenance

The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is advising motorists that the Batting Bridge will be closed for maintenance on Saturday. Road users are encouraged to make use of alternative routes via the N2, or Old Transkei Road, Wyse Avenue…

ROCKY ROAD: A pothole at Tapson Street covered by sand Picture: AMANDA NANO

Poor state of roads angers residents

SOME roads in the East London suburbs of Cambridge and Southernwood are in dire need of refurbishment. Reporters from the GO! & Express drove to see for themselves after receiving complaints from the community about the state of the…

SAFETY FIRST: Buffalo City Metro and Ndlambe municipality are looking to make beaches safer with recruitment of lifeguards ahead of summer holidays Picture: ALAN EASON

It’s lifeguard season again

With the festive season fast approaching, two Eastern Cape municipalities are preparing their beaches to be safe and people-friendly by inviting people trained to be lifeguards to apply for seasonal lifeguard posts. Buffalo City Metro…

BCM pools are closed due to a staff dispute over wages Picture: RANDEL ROSKRUGE

Lifeguards’ wage dispute closes metro’s pools

Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) swimming pools are closed again after staff downed tools demanding a meeting with management over wages. This comes just two weeks after one of the metro’s biggest pool complexes opened its doors following…