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Butterworth protest on hold as residents await promised solutions

The Eastern Cape government and Butterworth residents have agreed that the two-week long water protest must come to an end while they continue to discuss ways to restore order and retain stability in the area. The Daily Dispatch reported that the economy of Butterworth had taken a knock in the past two weeks due to the protest action.

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'Culture must not stand in God's way'

While it takes young black men months or even years to save for lobola — the price traditionally paid in cattle for a bride in African culture — some couples in the Eastern Cape are getting married without lobola and risking family alienation.

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UPDATE | Two dead, one wounded in Southernwood cash-in-transit heist

Three people were shot during a cash-in transit heist in Southern Wood Spar on Monday morning

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Becoming a man in the name of love

There are many recorded incidents of people doing extraordinary things in the name of love and Graaff-Reinet businessman Sirdley Smith is one of those people. The self-employed businessman, aged 40, has undergone the Xhosa ritual of traditional circumcision in order to be considered a man and so be able to marry his girlfriend of two years.

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Social media users raise more than R80,000 for EC boy's circumcision ceremony

A social media post asking for R10 donations to help an Eastern Cape teenager prepare for his traditional circumcision ceremony has prompted social media users to rally together to raise more than R80,000 in two days. On Wednesday, media practitioner Lonalinamdandla Bawuti, 26, used her social media pages to share the story of a grade 12 boy whose family does not have the means to finance the event.

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BCM provides tanks to help water deprived communities

Water-scarce Buffalo City Metro is stepping up efforts to relieve water shortages by delivering water tanks to 44 communities in the city.

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Reeston church helping troubled youngsters beat drugs, crime

An East London man is working through his church to help young people involved in drugs and crime to change their ways using sports training and studies.

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Cable thieves plunge Qonce's Sweetwaters into darkness

A BCM suburb was plunged into darkness and has battled water cuts for a week after thieves stole cables and caused extensive damage to a municipal pump station.

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BEHIND THE NEWS | Struggles of those in informal settlements affect entire city

I’ve never lived in an informal settlement, but I understand the struggle shack dwellers face. I lived in a shack in a Komani township for two years. Like many communities in the province, Buffalo City Metro has a growing number of informal settlements and back room shacks, but the challenges are all the same.

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Illegal settlements exploding across EL like never before

The mushrooming of illegal settlements continues in Buffalo City Metro, with 154 informal settlements now registered on the metro’s database. This was revealed in a 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 financial years report presented in a council meeting last week by human settlements head Luyanda Mbula.

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