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ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe during his visit at an event hosted by National Zionist Missionary Board at the East London City Hall in KuGompo City on Sunday. Picture: Supplied

ANC big guns on campaign trail in Buffalo City

ANC national heavyweights descended on Buffalo City Metro this weekend as campaigns for the local government elections intensify.

The University of Fort Hare (UFH) has emerged as the leading university in the Eastern Cape on a key national measure of research performance, while also surpassing the national average and securing its place among South Africa’s top-performing research institutions. Picture: Supplied
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Police disperse Fort Hare students barricading road

Students at the University of Fort Hare’s Dikeni campus say leaking roofs, broken windows, faulty electrical plugs, unusable bathrooms and inadequate security have made their residences unsafe and are hampering their studies.

The Duncan Village Massacre memorial was unveiled by former president Thabo Mbeki on March 28 2008.
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Many problems remain, 41 years after Duncan Village massacre, say residents

Forty-one years after apartheid security forces killed protesters in Duncan Village, residents say the township is still battling many of the problems they believe the liberation struggle was meant to overcome.

Four years after the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy claimed the lives of 21 young people, underage drinking remains rife across Buffalo City Metro’s townships, with Dispatch reporters finding children and teenagers openly consuming alcohol.  Picture:

Four years after Enyobeni, underage drinking still rife in metro

A Dispatch investigation found minors consuming alcohol across communities, despite repeated warnings and the lasting trauma of the tavern disaster

Hundreds took to the streets of KuGompo City to march about illegal foreigners in the city.

IN PICS | Anti-illegal immigration march draws big crowd in KuGompo City

Throngs of people joined the March and March protest, led by anti-illegal immigration activist Ngizwe Mchunu, in KuGompo City on Wednesday.

Pupils from Kiwane in Tsholomnqa outside KuGompo walk for more than two hours to and from school, everyday. Picture: SINO MAJANGAZA

Long walk to school for thousands of pupils

Daily struggle to access education highlights scholar transport challenges

Mdantsane's newly crowned WBC minimumweight champion Siyakholwa Kuse with his family at their Ngidi informal settlement home in NU8 in Mdantsane.

Pleas for Mdantsane’s new world champion Kuse to be suitably housed

The Buffalo City metro has promised to engage the private sector to assist newly crowned WBC champion Siyakholwa Kuse, who lives in an informal settlement in NU8, Mdantsane, to get a house.

The student was reportedly seriously wounded in the attack. Stock photo.

Fort Hare stab victim taken to hospital after SRC’s pleas

Another University of Fort Hare student was rushed to a KuGompo City hospital after he was stabbed at his residence on Sunday morning.

Police have confirmed an investigation into the murder of the victim is under way. Stock photo.

Teen stabbed to death outside Fort Hare main gate

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death after an argument broke out outside the University of Fort Hare’s main gate in Dikeni on Saturday.

University of Fort Hare has confirmed a stabbing incident on its Alice campus.

Fort Hare student stabbed in campus residence brawl

The University of Fort Hare has confirmed a stabbing incident on its Dikeni campus.

The Eastern Cape Comets won their opening match in the Telkom Netball League.

Eastern Cape Comets off to flying start

The Eastern Cape Comets won their first 2026 Telkom Netball League match of the season, edging the Limpopo Baobabs 54-53 at the Durban University of Technology on Friday evening.