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BEHIND THE NEWS | Tough times for entertainers
Eastern Cape artists and performers have been hit hard by the lockdown, as have many others across the country. → Read More
Gospel group lead singer Fifi Mabuza dies
Lead singer of SA’s celebrated and renowned a cappella group Masibuyele kuJehova, Fifi Mabuza, has died. She was 63. → Read More
Dispatch readers open hearts and wallets to help desperately poor Eastern Cape children
Two weeks ago the painful words of a 12-year-old boy touched the hearts of our readers across the country. → Read More
Grants hold a thin, emaciated line against mass Eastern Cape child starvation
Grants do work for the hungry children of the Eastern Cape. → Read More
We all need to play our part in crucial vaccination drive
It is encouraging to see at least some of the Eastern Cape’s seniors putting their faith in the Covid-19 vaccine. → Read More
BREAKING | Eastern Cape actress Noxolo Maqashalala dies
Eastern Cape actress Noxolo Maqashalala has died. She was 44. According to family friend Senyukele Zibobo, Maqashalala's body was found at her Honeydew home in Johannesburg on Friday. “I received a call from her brother informing me of her death. He went to drop off something at her place and realised there was something strange,” said Zibobo, adding that the actor's brother found her body… → Read More
Moving tributes at Mluleki George’s funeral
Former ANC and COPE leader Mluleki George, 72, has been laid to rest → Read More
OPINION | Eastern Cape deserves better health care
Premier Oscar Mabuyane on Wednesday visited the Life Group hospitals in East London amid a number of reports of poor management of Covid-19 cases. His visit to Life St Dominic's, Life East London Private and Life Beacon Bay hospitals came just a day after the Daily Dispatch reported on how patients were left on their own at Tafalofefe Hospital in Centane as health workers abandoned their posts… → Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Eastern Cape gospel artist Malibongwe Gcwabe has passed away
Eastern Cape gospel artist Malibongwe Gcwabe has passed away. He was 55 years-old. Gcwabe was also the pastor of The Remnant Ministries. His assistant manager, Lucky Shingwe, confirmed to DispatchLIVE () on Wednesday that Gcwabe had died at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital (CMH). → Read More
BEHIND THE NEWS | Capturing important moments in time — from a distance
As a news photographer I have found myself in some pretty hairy situations. → Read More
Big question: What happens after lockdown
Those of us trying to model the Covid-19 pandemic should try to be humble; there is more we don’t know than we do. → Read More
Fort Hare closed indefinitely, WSU students stage shutdown
The University of Fort Hare has closed indefinitely and ordered thousands of students out of residences. → Read More
Students unite in bid to remove vice chancellors
Protesting students from the University of Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu University teamed up on Monday in a campaign to have their vice-chancellors removed. On Monday, more than a thousand students from the universities marched up Oxford Street in East London. → Read More
Police arrest suspect for Fort Hare student's murder
A suspect has been arrested for the murder of the University of Fort Hare student (UFH) Olwethu Tshefu, police confirmed on Saturday afternoon. Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana told DispatchLIVE () on Saturday afternoon that a 22-year-old suspect had been detained in Alice. → Read More
Student leaders accuse ambulance service of failing Fort Hare stabbing victim
Student leadership at the University of Fort Hare have accused the campus-based ambulance service of failing Yonela Boli, who died of a stab wound to the back on Saturday morning. Alderson Ambulance COO Jason Leicester has denied allegations that the ambulance had been delayed, saying one had been dispatched within two minutes of the call coming through. → Read More
Young woman arrested for UFH student’s death
A 24-year-old female student at the University of Fort Hare has been arrested in connection with the death of her “close friend”, a male student at the university. Yonela Boli, 24, an MSc Geology student died at Victoria Hospital in Alice from his injuries after allegedly being stabbed at the university’s nearby campus early on Saturday morning. → Read More
WSU confusion: students out in cold
Walter Sisulu University’s Buffallo City Campus rector, Dr Cawe Novukela, has allegedly given university management and student leaders contradicting statements over the disruptions at the campus. University spokesperson Yonela Tukwayo told the Dispatch on Tuesday that Novukela had told her that he had not escalated the matter to the vice-chancellor (professor Rob Midgely), “because they have… → Read More
WSU denies campuses are under lockdown
Walter Sisulu University’s Buffalo City Campus remained closed on Tuesday after student leaders closed it on Monday. This happened as security guards took on responsibilities of administrative work at the university’s Ibika Campus as students were not allowed to enter the premises. In Butterworth, guards prevented students from entering the university’s campus there. → Read More
WSU campuses under lockdown
Walter Sisulu University’s Buffalo City Campus remained closed on Tuesday after student leaders closed it on Monday. This happened as security guards took on responsibilities of administrative work at the university’s Ibika Campus as students were not allowed to enter the premises. In Butterworth, guards prevented students from entering the university’s campus there. → Read More
Oscar reads riot act on Eastern Cape local government's dismal performance
Premier Oscar Mabuyane on Sunday conceded that some Eastern Cape municipalities, both at local and district level, were in “bad shape” and the ANC government needed to “crack the whip” on them. “Many of our municipalities, districts in particular, are in bad shape. → Read More