Four detectives have been hailed as “super cops” by the communities they serve for their swift response to burglaries and other crimes, writes Msindisi Fengu. Read the rest of this entry »

The Daily Dispatch this week did a story on two crazy guys who are cycling from Durban to Cape Town on a unicycle. The pair, Geoff Brink Howard Donaldson, have so far covered some 600km of their trip to raise funds for the Sole of Africa campaign for the removal of landmines. DispatchOnline’s Michelle Solomon shot this video of the crazy pair:

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Buffalo City Municipality was dragged into court this week by the ANC to muzzle council from discussing confidential information about key appointments in the city, writes Adrienne Carlisle and Mayibongwe Maqhina. Read the rest of this entry »

The retail price of petrol will rise next week, the energy department said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

A disappointing turnout of East London’s blogging community to welcome special out-of-town visitors on Thursday night could not put a damper on the atmosphere at DispatchOnline’s third Beer&Blogs evening. We had a great time with Lola, Darkvader and Sly – all the way from the United Kingdom – as well as one of DispatchOnline’s greatest fans Sandy (Bosman) from Germiston. See the video below… Read the rest of this entry »

A case in which a Daily Dispatch journalist has been subpoenaed to testify in court against a lawyer representing abaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo was on Friday postponed for representations to be made to the National Director of Public Prosecutions, the Daily Dispatch’s lawyers said. Read the rest of this entry »

An hour from East London, across the Kei River, is a land taken for granted but rich in heritage, culture and tradition. Photojournalist Bazil Raubach experiences a traditional African wedding just outside Centane. He took the following pictures:

A Mthatha teenager has committed suicide after she was told that she failed Grade 11 – only for the school to realise after her death it had made a mistake and that she did in fact graduated to matric, writes Ntando Makhubu. Read the rest of this entry »

The  once-powerful local manufacturing and retailing business Castellano Beltrame was on Thursday wound up in the Grahamstown High Court, spelling the end of an era spanning four decades and leaving more than 300 workers without a job, writes Adrienne Carlisle. Read the rest of this entry »

Police have arrested a 26-year-old Rastafarian after he was caught red-handed, selling dagga to three high school pupils in Duncan Village, a police spokesman said on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »