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Stage 2 Loadshedding – 10 July 2020 – Buffalo City Metro (BCMM)

Stage 2 loadshedding returned countrywide from 12 midday today, July 10, 2020 and is set to continue until 10pm tonight. This stage is initiated if the reduction in the demand for supply remains insufficient to safeguard the National Grid…

SERVING THE YOUTH: Youth of Duncan Village participating at the Youth Service Day hosted by Bumb’ingomso organisation on FridayPicture:SUPPLIED

Youth service day to upskill job-seekers

Bumb’ingomso, powered by Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, held a Youth Service Day in collaboration with the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and Central Public Library at Gompo Hall last Friday. The main aim of the event was…

Rubbish collection in BCM has been interruptedImage: Randell Roskruge

Buffalo City Metro suspends waste collection

The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality has advised BCM residents, via a Facebook post, to not put out their refuse for collection until further notice. The reason given is an anticipated “interruption in services”. BCM spokesperson…

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BCM sweeps litter under the carpet

JUST a few weeks after the GO! & Express exposed the dreary state of the Umtiza Nature Reserve in the Buffalo Pass area, rife with illegal dumping, Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) has seemingly attempted to “sweep the problem under the…

IN THE PIPELINE: A delegation from Buffalo City Metro visited the Hood Point Sewage Works renovation site in West Bank in June this year, with BCM mayor Xola Pakati, third from left, inspecting the renovation of the site Picture: FILE

Kicking up a stink

Discharge permit, ‘flawed’ marine outfall a big concern AFTER years of illegally discharging raw sewage into the Hood Point, West Bank surf line, the Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) have finally, in July this year, been issued with a…

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BCM calls for calm from protesters

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is calling for calm in the communities of Ducats and Nompumelelo following violent protests. It is all in our interest that we find each other and find solutions. A meeting was held for the better…

SURF’S LOOKING UP: Five time South African Men’s Champion Greg Emslie welcomes the best surfers in the country to his home surf of Nahoon Reef this week. This is where the 2017 Mercedes-Benz South African Surfing Championships takes place until Sunday Picture: SUPPLIED

Surfers’ invasion

200 surfers in Nahoon Reef battle for SA Surfing Champs honours NAHOON Reef is currently a hive of activity after the arrival of over 200 surfers who are participating in the 2017 Mercedes-Benz South African Surfing Championships hosted…

Tensions boil over in King areas

Residents protest over lack of housing, service delivery RESIDENTS are demanding housing while also complaining about the blocking of their electricity and poor service delivery in one of the worst protest actions ever held in the area.…

Fighting the drug scourge

Workshop equips participants to help communities COMMUNITY ambassadors from various areas in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality recently attended a five-day workshop to equip themselves in a bid to change communities into drug- and…

Big grave clean-up

Breidbach Cemetery makeover begins after municipality intervenes THE Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) has heeded the outcry and pleas of residents and the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) to act on the poor…