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Jurgen Fritz embarked on a journey to positively influence the greater community of Buffalo Flats when he took over municipal space that was previously an eyesore littered with rubbish.
This is amid the high rise of rape, bullying and violence and social ills like gangsterism spilling into schools.
The shutdown of Eastern Cape roads by taxi operators over four-month payment delays for scholar transport services, which caused chaos in the province yesterday, has been suspended. This after a meeting in East London between taxi council leaders and provincial transport leaders, including Oscar Mabuyane who is said to have joined telephonically.
Buffalo City Metro communities are beginning to feel the pain of the city’s spending cuts after it pulled the plug on its multimillion-rand ward-based projects. According to the ward allocation programmes report, seen by the Dispatch, 14 wards had not touched their millions by the time the freeze was implemented towards the end of 2023, while others managed to spend between R6,000 and R900,000 per ward.
East London fishermen and swimmers have expressed concerns over the safety of the water in several city rivers, saying it is a threat to human, animal and plant life. This week, WhatsApp groups of East London fishermen have been flooded with complaints about smelly water in the Buffalo River, with some saying they had spotted a “green grease” on the surface.