Mount Coke News Today

Edging to the side of the road to avoid one of numerous potholes along the MR500 road to Kaysers Beach early on Monday, a Queen Bee Honeysucker sewage truck slipped into the culvert and overturned. An eyewitness said the black-and-white striped vehicle contained two occupants, one of whom was slightly hurt.

14 December 2023 Equal Education media statement: Victories in 2023 in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa  This year, Equal Education (EE) members—learners (Equalisers), post-school youths, parents, and staff—have made important progress in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa. Our victories range from…

In the shadow of the Eastern Cape’s education headquarters lies a badly dilapidated school that, despite its proximity to the department that funds and runs it, has been unable to have repairs done to properly serve its pupils. Xolani Senior Secondary School has among the worst infrastructure of the province’s schools — its buildings are horribly run down and it lacks proper sanitation facilities.

Explosions and gunshots shattered the peace in East London's West Bank on Monday night as bandits tried to blow up the locks to get into an armoured cash-in-transit vehicle at Fidelity's premises.

An East London police officer was killed and at least two security officers suffered gunshot wounds to the arms and legs after a brazen armed robbery ended in gun battles and high-speed chases across the city. The officers had responded to calls for help after massive gunfire and explosions erupted in East London's West Bank.

All that Kholeka Tunyiswa, a South African nursing stalwart based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, wanted was for her ashes to be buried in the same graveyard as her parents and siblings in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.

Media alert: Funeral of Equal Education co-founder Yoliswa Dwane to take place on Saturday 29 October in the Eastern Cape  On Saturday 29 October, Equal Education (EE) co-founder Yoliswa Dwane will be buried in Mount Coke, in the Eastern Cape. She very sadly passed away on Friday 21 October, having had cancer.  Sis Yoli was…

A frantic search for an East London Bolt driver who went missing after he was allegedly hijacked had a sad ending when his body was found on Friday. The grey Polo Vivo 35-year-old Siviwe Nogqala Mbeki, of NU8 in Mdantsane, had been driving was later found with blood stains in it in Duncan Village without the registration plates.

AN inconsolable mother fainted when 19 coffins arrived at Scenery Park Sports Field for a mass funeral service.

Is the decision to rename the airport at East London after King Phalo appropriate? Why was Chief Phato of the amaGqunukhwebe nation, who had his Great Place near the site of the modern airport, not chosen instead? And, what does the proposed name for the city itself, Ku Gompo, actually mean or represent, and how does it relate to the city and its people? The absence of reference to the amaGqunukhwebe nation under the leadership of Chief Phato, who occupied the coastal plains between the Keiskam...