One of the safest Labour seats in Britain is its most non-white one, East Ham. It has been in Labour hands since it was formed in 1997 and will vote Labour again tomorrow in Britain’s general election. Its MP, Stephen … Read the rest
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Man killed by zoo lion in East London
Buffalo City Metro spokesperson, Thandy Matebese told eNCA.com the victim who was killed by the lion after the mauling, had deliberately jumped into the enclosure.
Matebele said, “This person deliberately went in to the enclosure.”
Officials at the East London … Read the rest
Stoning of teenager divides community
Scores of residents from East London and surrounding areas braved the rain and gathered at Nompumelelo Township to bid farewell to a learner who was stoned to death by a mob that accused him of child snatching.
Mbuyiselo Ayanda Mtati … Read the rest
Matric pupil beaten to death
A matric pupil has been beaten to death by a group of people who believed he was involved with the disappearance of children in Nomphumelelo township in East London, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.
The 23-year-old Mbulelo Mtati was … Read the rest
Shot in the head, rises from the dead
A black man was shot in the head and certified dead by paramedics. But he wasn’t dead. This happened at Boxwood outside East London in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 25-year-old man was drinking at a tavern and … Read the rest
Five robbers crash into East London store, steal TVs
Five robbers broke into an East London store by crashing through its security gate with a bakkie, the DispatchOnline reported on Monday.
Eye witnesses told the Eastern Cape publication that the men then went into the Jet Mart store and … Read the rest
ANC councillor charged with selling jobs
An ANC councillor in East London, in the Eastern Cape, has been charged with theft for allegedly selling council jobs, according to a report on Monday.
A jobseeker could reportedly secure work as a cleaner, grass cutter, admin clerk or … Read the rest
South African ‘democracy’ spawns more faeces wars, now in East London
Human waste has been thrown at a Buffalo City ANC councillor’s house, the Eastern Cape local government department said on Sunday.
The incident last week was condemned by MuniMEC, a government co-ordination forum made up of all mayors and municipal … Read the rest
Eastern Cape mayor blows R800 000 on ‘domestic travel events’
Buffalo City mayor Zukiswa Ncitha spent almost R800,000 of ratepayers’ money on domestic travel for events, most of which did not appear on her official diary, Dispatch Online reported on Wednesday.
The money was reportedly spent on luxury vehicles and … Read the rest