Intervention in area where mum allegedly killed her kids and herself over poverty

Humanitarian organisation Gift of The Givers has intervened in Tholeni village in Butterworth in the
Butterworth suicide victims to be laid to rest on Sunday

Bongeka Buso and her three daughters will be laid to rest in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, on Sunday.
Hunger could be behind EC family murder-suicide

The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development is calling on people who find it difficult to make
Matric results at Butterworth’s Phakamani High School in jeopardy amid irregularities

The future of the matric class of 2022 at Phakamani High School in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape
New court demarcations in the Eastern Cape set to improve prosecutions: NPA

The National Prosecuting Authority in the Eastern Cape believes the new demarcation of courts in the
Another former senior official arrested for fraud in Eastern Cape: Hawks

The Hawks have arrested another former senior official from the King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local
GBV | State plans to oppose bail of Eastern Cape man accused of murdering his wife

The case against 43-year-old, Yibanathi MacGyver Ndema from Zingqayi village near Butterworth who is
Eastern Cape accident claims seven lives

Seven people have been killed in a collision between a truck and a car on the N2 between Dutywa and
Classes at WSU suspended due to ongoing student protests

Academic activities at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in the Eastern Cape, have been suspended
4 members of family killed in Eastern Cape collision

Four members of one family have been killed in a collision between two vehicles on the N2 between
Holomisa says COVID-19 has taken its toll on the UDM

United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader, General Bantu Holomisa, says the past few months are the
Butterworth residents decry water shortage

Butterworth residents in the Eastern Cape threaten to boycott the upcoming local government
Butterworth runs out of water as dam levels reach new lows

The town of Butterworth in the Eastern Cape will have no water this coming week.
Poor adherence to regulations driving Eastern Cape COVID-19 cases

Poor adherence to the COVID-19 lockdown regulations in rural towns of the Eastern Cape continues to
Drivers who overload vehicles will be severely punished: Mbalula

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says drivers who overload vehicles and put people’s lives at risk
Three-year-old boy dies in hospital after Centane bus crash

The three-year-old baby boy who was the first to be airlifted from the bus crash scene in the
Mbalula expresses shock at bus accident in Eastern Cape

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has expressed shock at Monday morning’s bus accident that
Butterworth battles crippling drought

The crippling drought gripping the Eastern Cape continues to make life harder by the day for
Butterworth water crisis at critical stage

The Eastern Cape town of Butterworth has passed day zero and boreholes are also not providing
Tension mounts at WSU as students try to register

Tensions are rising at the Eastern Cape’s Walter Sisulu University after students have been trying