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Sivenathi Gosa is a Daily Dispatch general reporter who covers a variety of beats including crime, human interest and education. She is active in reporting on current events in the Eastern Cape, especially in and around the Buffalo City Metro.
Nineteen-year-old Asande Gogwana from Dimbaza, Qonce, is launching her music career with her debut Afro-soul single Indoda, a heartfelt plea for men to treat women with respect and make them feel safe.
The Eastern Cape education department hosted a three-day Boys’ Indaba to help boys improve their mathematics performance and address social pressures such as bullying, peer pressure, and gender-based violence.
ANC councillor Nwabisa Mcwabeni will remain on the ballot for upcoming elections despite facing charges for allegedly assaulting his wife, as the IEC's timelines prevent his removal.
ANC Buffalo City Metro ward councillor Nwabisa Mcwabeni has been granted R1,000 bail by the KuGompo Magistrate's Court after handing himself over to police following allegations of assaulting his wife.
Buffalo City ANC ward councillor Nwabisa Mcwabeni remains in custody after his bail application for allegedly assaulting his wife was postponed due to the complainant's absence in court.
A senior Buffalo City Metro ANC councillor is set to appear in the KuGompo Magistrate’s Court after handing himself to police on allegations of assaulting his wife. A counter-charge of malicious damage to property has also been opened…
Just over a year after an Eastern Cape family transferred their 16-year-old grandson to another school in the hope of shielding him from violence, he was stabbed to death, allegedly by another pupil, in a classroom at his new school.
Precautionary restrictions have been imposed on sardine catches along South Africa's coastline after a mass die-off, attributed primarily to pilchard herpesvirus confirmed in samples from the Western and Eastern Cape.
South Africa’s deputy transport minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa has urged the automotive industry to help halve road fatalities by 2030 through safer vehicles, stricter law enforcement, and improved infrastructure.
Hemingways Casino in KuGompo City may close if its operating licence is not extended or renewed before September 25, threatening the jobs of 277 employees. Even if the licence is secured, Tsogo Sun Gaming plans to cut 74 positions.
The Automotive Expo at the East London Industrial Development Zone exposed young attendees to diverse career opportunities in the automotive sector, encouraging them to think beyond their current fields.
International Literacy Day was celebrated in eDikeni this week with the official launch of a South African Library for the Blind recording studio.
A lack of a bridge has left scores of Emagqobhokweni pupils missing school whenever heavy rains hit the village outside Qonce, with parents forced to choose between their children’s education and their safety.
Qumza Highway could soon be transformed into Mdantsane Qumza Boulevard, a proposed business, tourism, heritage and sporting corridor at the heart of plans to reposition Mdantsane as a township destination.
Thousands of dead sardines are washing ashore in Buffalo City and along the Wild Coast as a mass die-off that reached the Eastern Cape last week spreads further east along SA’s coastline.
