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EC ‘Cape-to-Cairo’ dream depends on keeping the lights on

A Cape-to-Cairo corridor is possible only if the municipality can keep the lights on at Coega and the ELIDZ.

High-profile absences and delays threaten to undermine Madlanga commission’s mandate

People need to take their work as seriously as justice Madlanga does

The dramatic downfall of advocate Andrea Johnson at the Madlanga commission ignited a fierce debate in SA about whether the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) must be dissolved.

BCM has itself to blame for electricity tariff troubles

Buffalo City Metro’s announcement that qualifying senior citizens will be exempt from its controversial monthly basic electricity charge will bring relief to thousands of battling pensioners.

A report presented to the Bhisho legislature this week, based on an oversight visit by MPLs to clinics and community health centres in the Buffalo City Metro and Chris Hani district late in 2025, paints an all too familiar picture. File Photo

Urgent action required to fix our broken health facilities

That some health facilities in the Eastern Cape are in a dire state is not surprising. For years, the province’s health department has been hopping from one crisis to the next.

The once-thriving Ginsberg creche is now a vandalised shell.

EDITORIAL | Province’s unique heritage sites need care and promotion

Lest we forget. The Eastern Cape is rightly proud of its fascinating historic, cultural and anti-apartheid struggle heritage. The provincial government promotes the province as the “home of legends” and has set up numerous heritage…

Teboho Mokoena of South Africa

EDITORIAL | Well done Bafana, but Mokoena debacle must still be explained

The euphoria produced by Bafana Bafana’s World Cup qualification has underscored Nelson Mandela’s sentiments that sport has a power to unite the nation.

The Gauteng education department says legislation does not permit the disruption of schools or the interference with teaching and learning. Stock photo.

EDITORIAL | Disgraceful waste after school rationalisation must be stopped

Recent reports about school infrastructure have added yet another layer to some contradictions that exist in the Eastern Cape.

Answers needed after Bafana Bafana player bungle

SA soccer bosses were left with red faces and bruised egos after a costly administrative bungle jeopardised their chances of playing at the 2026 US World Cup finals.

Only 271 successful child rape prosecutions were recorded from the 2,103 rape cases reported during the 2025/2026 financial year.  Picture:

Children are our greatest treasure

The SA government likes to dedicate days, weeks and even entire months to highlighting the plight of vulnerable groups such as women, children and the disabled.

US President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday.

OPINION | What a wacky White House occasion

The critical meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, was a peculiar spectacle when it played out on the world stage. It made the bizarre bully-boy White House ambush on Ukrainian president Volodymyr…

OPINION | Cafu’s world title bout an example of the good in boxing

The news of Duncan Village’s Phumelela Cafu securing a historic world title unification bout in the US proves SA boxing’s pedigree despite its shambolic administrative aspect which was exposed in parliament recently.

Buffalo City Metro representatives will be roasted by MPs next week.

OPINION | Metro must get own house in order before taking drastic steps

The financially struggling Buffalo City Metro is now targeting its ratepayers’ homes in a desperate bid to recoup billions owed to it.

OPINION | ANC should heed Mabuyane’s medical diagnosis

Premier Oscar Mabuyane provided a searing analysis this week of the ANC which he referred to variously as ailing, diseased, crippled, divided and internally conflicted. While what he said may draw criticism from some within the party who…

South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on Sunday.

OPINION | Empty promises made again on Freedom Day

Millions of South Africans from all walks life joined hands on Sunday in celebrating Freedom Day. Every year since 1994, we have remembered April 27 as the day our country finally buried the demon of apartheid. The day marked the genesis…

Drunk driving operations have been ramped up in the Eastern Cape in line with the Easter Arrive Alive campaign. Stock photo.

OPINION | Drunk driving toll still unacceptably high

Exactly five years ago, during an Easter weekend, research was produced suggesting that one of the few benefits of the alcohol ban during the height of Covid-19 was far fewer road accidents and fatalities. During the past Easter weekend,…