Several ward councillor candidates who fell short in the local government elections, including many who defected from the ANC, are heading to the Buffalo City Metro council as UDM PR councillors following the party's historic gains.
Following an eleventh-hour Constitutional Court reprieve after missing the candidate registration deadline, the ANC secured a clean sweep of all 21 wards in Port St Johns.
The Duncan Village Buy-Back Centre has become the latest BCMDA project to stall, remaining unfinished past its deadline amid a R3.8m payment dispute involving contractors and subcontractors.
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency has appointed former tourism boss Vuyani Dayimani as permanent CEO to lead economic recovery and revive stalled projects.
Drone footage reveals the dire state of the Qinira River as untreated sewage continues to pour into local waterways, leaving exhausted civic leaders and residents to battle infrastructure collapse and municipal silence alone.
Estuary management forums are acting as the last line of defence for vulnerable coastal ecosystems like the Qinira Estuary, rallying public resistance amid municipal failures and mounting sewage pollution.
Frustrated by persistent service delivery failures, dry taps, and potholes, affluent ratepayers in Mthatha have voted in droves for the UDM, stripping the ANC of its outright majority in King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality for the first…
Following significant losses in the local government elections, the African National Congress faces being sidelined across multiple Eastern Cape councils as opposition parties explore coalition agreements.
Political parties have started intense negotiations to take control of hung municipalities in the Eastern Cape after the ANC lost outright majorities across several councils, including Buffalo City.
Independent candidate Bhekizenzo Gigi has won a second term as Ward 14 councillor in the Kumkani Mhlontlo municipality after defeating 10 rival candidates in Qumbu.
The ANC has lost Ward 19 in Qunu, Nelson Mandela’s childhood home and burial site, to the African Transformation Movement after failing to register a candidate in the local elections.
The United Democratic Movement has threatened to take the Electoral Commission to court after objections over alleged voting and counting irregularities in Buffalo City were dismissed.
The United Democratic Movement has ruled out a coalition with the ANC in Buffalo City Metro, preferring to sit in opposition as vote counting leaves council control in the balance.
Several municipalities in the Eastern Cape face hung councils following local government elections, setting the stage for intense coalition talks as no single party secured an outright majority.
The OR Tambo District Municipality has launched a R40m project to expand the water supply network in Coffee Bay, aiming to resolve chronic outages across dozens of rural villages.
