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Meth opens new audiology department at Ngcobo’s All Saints

Young Iviwe Nontyi was doing well in school and had high hopes for his future. That was until he was hit by a truck in 2021. He lost his sense of hearing and, after his ...

Lifestyle

Award-winning creative helping writers achieve dreams through ...

Award-winning author and filmmaker Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni decided to create a four-week online course for emerging writers after years of people ...

Careers

A lifelong passion for precast walls

This is an unusual topic for Dispatch Careers, which often features start-up or established success stories but they are seldom driven by older ...

News

Dalindyebo’s estranged wife also backing EFF

East London businesswoman Queen Nolubabalo Khazeka Mcinga-Dalindyebo, estranged wife of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, says her vote come May 29 will go to one party and one party only — the EFF. Like her husband, Mcinga-Dalindyebo said ...

News

Mud schools a reality for many Willowvale pupils

As the country celebrated three decades of democracy on Saturday, pupils at several schools in Willowvale only hear about the rewards of democracy from news outlets. Parents said they had not tasted the fruits of democracy and that pupils in ...

Careers

Phanda Mzansi provides helping hand to township and rural businesses

Eastern entrepreneurs of Phanda Mzansi, a nonprofit organisation aimed at uplifting the community, understand the ...

Sport

Griquas put 50 points past struggling Elephants

EP’s woes in the SA Cup rugby tournament continued when they were thrashed 50-0 by Griquas in a one-sided clash at the ...

News

Former teacher who lost eyesight in classroom accident helping others through NPO

A blind Eastern Cape father and former teacher who lost his eyesight in a freak accident when a brick fell on his ...

Politics

Mabuyane delivers upbeat Freedom Day message

With the Eastern Cape hit almost weekly by protests over service delivery, premier Oscar Mabuyane reflected at the ...

News

Finally, Fort Hare speech therapy students graduate

Two years of frustration came to an end on Wednesday as the first cohort of students of the University of Fort Hare’s ...

Business

ELIDZ bids farewell to long-serving CEO, welcomes R1.3bn in new investments

The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) has unveiled three new investments, collectively valued at about ...

News

Province out of options in decades-old Ikamva legal battle

A high court bid by three Eastern Cape government departments to have two decade-old judgments rescinded has failed — ...

News

Local author gets creative with little ones on World Book Day

In grade 3, a young Zanele Zondi would write short stories for her classmates in exchange for sweets. Ever the ...

News

REVIEW: GWM Tank 300 hybrid is a luxurious but thirsty 4x4

China’s Jeep-wannabe has a cushy ride, copycat styling and real off-road ability

News

Voting never gets old for veteran citizens

When Zingisile Mhlanga queued outside a voting station in East London on April 27 1994 and placed an X next to the ...