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DOING THEIR PART: Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa employees cleaning up the coastline along the Esplanade Picture: SIVENTAHI GOSA

Coke staff’s day off to make difference

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa held its annual coastal clean-up campaign on Friday, September 14, at the Esplanade Beachfront, where they were joined by Buffalo City Municipality Solid Waste Management and Aurecon Engineering Company.…

MEANT FOR CHILDREN: Buffalo Flats community members Community members of Buffalo Flats with DA ward councillors and members cleaning the park area, which has become a crime hotspot and dumpsite Picture: SIVENATHI GOSA

Clean up a call to BCM

BUFFALO Flats residents joined forces with the DA Democratic Alliance (DA) in a clean-up campaign that was launched by the party DA on Saturday in Elba Crescent. Ward 10 PR councillor of ward 10, André Swartz said the park was meant to be…

BCM Solid Waste Team on their anti plastic campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags Picture: SUPPLIED

‘Say no to plastic bags’ says BCM

TO encourage consumers to reduce the use of plastic bags, the Buffalo City Metro (BCM) is distributing reusable plastic cloths to shoppers in shopping centers to educate them about the negative impacts of plastic bags to the environment.…

WHAT’S IN A NAME? Controversy has arisen over planned name changes for the city and suburbs Picture: MADELEINE CHAPUT

Residents object to name change idea

THE proposed name change of East London and its suburbs is sparking controversy, with questions over whether the stakeholder consultative meetings held this week were an adequate barometer of residents’ opinions. The proposal calls for…

No response to whopper BCM bills

Editor RE: ERROR ON BCM ACCOUNT I have been phoning and e-mailing Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) billing enquiries regarding an electricity account that I received in May 2017 for R109 935.23 and R94068.81 in August. We went to the…

Play park to get welcome upgrade

WHEN crossing the Breidbach Bridge, your attention is immediately attracted to the new palisade fencing around the play park close to the entrance of the community. Schornville-based firm Ginti Company was appointed by Buffalo City…

Ticking time bomb

Old, unlocked electricity boxes pose dangerous threat in Breidbach RESIDENTS have expressed grave concern over the state of dilapidated and open electricity boxes in Breidbach, and are up in arms with the Buffalo City Municipality over…

MAKING WAVES: Brandon Benjamin beat East London’s Greg Emslie on his home turf to take the 2017 Mercedes -Benz SA Surfing Championships on Sunday at Nahoon Reef Picture: IAN THURTELL

Benjamin pips local star, Emslie, to SA surfing title

Emslie just falls short AN overwhelmed Brandon Benjamin of Cape Town Surfriders became the 52nd South African Men’s Champion at Nahoon Reef on Sunday, beating defending champion and five- time SA Champion, Greg Emslie, from East London on…

Work on road linking Gonubie and Beacon Bay starts

By Namhla Mbongendlu Work at a multimillion-rand road project linking Gonubie and Beacon Bay has resumed after years of running incomplete. In addition to the R195-million used initially, an extra R70-million has been injected for the…

GO! People – Anastasia (Tessa) Botha

Occupation? DA ward councillor – Buffalo City Municipality (councillor for ward 4 which includes Selborne, Vincent, Berea and Cambridge among others) What motivates you to achieve more in life? A: To feel a sense of accomplishment and by…

Joy as Breidbach hall gets a makeover

THE Breidbach community hall has been upgraded into an attractive building that the community can be proud of, after numerous complaints were reported by organisers of events and revellers. The GO! ran an article in November after…

Taste of Wits Academy for youngsters

FOUR Carlos Soccer Youth Development Academy (CSYDA) young footballers travelled to Gauteng to join Bidvest Wits Football Club for a week’s training. Athenkosi Badi, Musa Kantsu, Morgan Tebbutt and Lemone Seekoe, accompanied by CSYDA…

2000 children at risk as BCM cuts power

Almost 2000 children may soon be unable to access foster care grants and other forms of state aid. The East London Child Welfare (ELCW) administration block in Belgravia had to shut its doors on Wednesday after Buffalo City Municipality…

BCM gets high marks in the financial stakes

They may be in and out of court over business shenanigans and caught in the middle of bizarre council faction fights, but this week metro bosses were patting themselves on the back after a ratings agency found that Buffalo City Metro has…