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LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS: Abandoned plots in West Bank. Picture: TAMMY FRAY

Court order for West Bank abandoned plots

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…

Prisoners give their testimony

The department of correctional services (DCS) held a three-day moral regeneration round-table dialogue between officials and offenders at West Bank prison hall. Under the theme “harnessing moral transformation through dialogue and…

UNSIGHTLY RUBBISH: NOT ON: Tyres and other refuse dumped near the East London race track in West Bank Picture: TREVOR WATSON

West Bank a dump

By SIVENATHI GOSA and MADELEINE CHAPUT ILLEGAL dumping in one of the oldest residential areas in East London, West Bank, has become a growing concern for residents. Debbie and Keith Wilcox have been living with heaps of rubbish piled up…

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…

Golden wedding couple – Hoole

Congratulations to Tjaart and Maureen Aucamp who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 10. The golden anniversary couple were married in 1967 in the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in West Bank, by Reverend H Holm. They attest…