Buffalo City Metro ratepayers who had hoped their bungled municipal accounts would finally be corrected will have to wait a while longer as Covid-19 has thrown a spanner in the works of the city’s revenue rollout campaign. The metro had…
A major primary school gala was placed in limbo at the 11th hour on Thursday when Buffalo City staff failed to appear at the Joan Harrison pool complex to open up. It was unclear if a strike was in progress or if the closure was a…
That is the word from Buffalo City Municipality to metro residents as the country takes stock of Eskom’s meltdown. But big business energy users in the metro will most likely continue to enjoy a respite from load-shedding due to…
The annual funfair in East London is no more. When the festive season was officially kicked off by Buffalo City mayor Xola Pakati at the Esplanade last week, the funfair, traditionally an integral part of the summer lineup, was missing in…
New CCTV cameras will be installed at the troubled Berlin Roundhill landfill site as part of a multimillion-rand upgrade to try and get the site to be legally compliant. BCM spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya told the Daily Dispatch on Thursday…
The DA has hit out at Buffalo City Metro (BCM) for failing to discuss their motion to close the EL Zoo at March’s council meeting. DA councillor Annette Rademeyer said BCM council speaker Skuta Alfred Mtsi kept “dodging the issue” despite…
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…
King William’s Town represents a place seemingly forgotten by the municipality, having become that has become a rubbish dump to its residents, with busy streets strewn with various refuse. On investigation, the GO! & Express found piles…
Buffalo City Metro has finally managed to negotiate the purchase of a portion of farmland in Beacon Bay for R2.3m that will make the Beacon Bay-Gonubie access road a reality. Metro officials had over recent weeks been involved in intense…
Good news in sight for those tearing their hair out trying to get through the Buffalo City centre – the roadworks along Fleet Street are due to come to a halt in three weeks’ time on December 14. Ongoing upgrades along Fleet Street have…
Smoke clouds hung over Nompumelelo on the outskirts of Beacon Bay yesterday as angry residents continued to burn tyres and branches to block entry into the township. The protest started on Monday morning, with community members believing…
Disgruntled Nompumelelo residents have vowed to continue with the service delivery protest in the township until Buffalo City Metro mayor Xola Pakati addresses them. Residents took to the streets this morning to block all main roads…
Buffalo City Metro faces a public health time bomb as its pest control programme falters, leaving many areas of the municipality vulnerable to rat and fly infestations. The BCM pest unit’s job is surveillance and treatment of rodents,…
Buffalo City residents should brace for power outages over the next few days, metro spokesman Samkelo Ngwenya said yesterday. This follows social media outrage questioning the loss of electricity in many parts of the city yesterday.…
By Mamela Gowa Buffalo City Metro mayor Xola Pakati will tonight officially sign an agreement with China’s Jinhua municipality to create hundreds of jobs in the manufacturing sector. It is all systems go for the much- anticipated…
