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Khayakazi Somzana appointed new Chief Marine Engineer Officer in the Port of East London
Khayakazi ‘Pinky’ Somzana has succeeded in overcoming both mother nature and gender bias to realise her dream of becoming a Chief Marine...
Buffalo City Tourism
Jun 18, 2020


TRIBUTE: East London HIV/Aids pioneer Dr Clarence Mini
East London-born chair of the Council for Medical Schemes, Dr Clarence Mini, who died of Covid-19 last week, was a giant of the South...
Buffalo City Tourism
May 21, 2020


New Covid-19 protocols for the SA tourism industry released
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa has released a new set of Covid-19 protocols for local tourism industry operations. The...
Buffalo City Tourism
May 20, 2020


Buffalo City mom launches homeschooling kits for rural, township kids
Buffalo City mom and art facilitator, Lonwabo Jobodwana, 35, has created a series of homeschooling kits designed to assist children in...
Buffalo City Tourism
May 15, 2020


East London Airport voted 3rd best regional airport in Africa
The East London Airport has been voted the third best Region Airport in Africa by global travel company, Skytrax. The World Airport...
Buffalo City Tourism
May 14, 2020


Buffalo City golfers leading the way
Compared with the men's game, women's golf still lacks support, but the Duma sisters and Zethu Myeki may just be the ones to change all...
Buffalo City Tourism
Mar 17, 2020


Writing on Water: What Daniel Morolong and Joseph Denfield’s photos of 1960s East London teaches us
What can photographs of the East London coastline teach researchers and social scientists about South African history? A lot, says...
Buffalo City Tourism
Mar 4, 2020


3rd annual Ncera Macadamia Harvest Festival set to thrill revellers
The Ncera Macadamia Harvest Festival is being hosted from 13-14 March 2020. The third annual such event, the festival is set to treat...
Buffalo City Tourism
Mar 4, 2020


EL cyclist aims to cycle 28,000km circumnavigating the globe
In attempting to officially become the fastest woman to circumnavigate the globe by bicycle, Cristin Flynn will cycle around the world to...
Buffalo City Tourism
Feb 15, 2020


East London open water swimmers raise awareness of SA river pollution
Two East London open water swimmers recently tackled a 10km swim in the Bronkhorstspruit River in Gauteng to raise awareness around the...
Buffalo City Tourism
Feb 15, 2020


Buffalo Regatta: All systems go for one of SA's most iconic sporting events
This week sees the staging of another iconic Buffalo City event: the epic Buffalo Regatta, which began in 1879 and has been held every...
Buffalo City Tourism
Feb 11, 2020


Nelson Mandela Museum celebrates 20th anniversary
The Nelson Mandela Museum, situated just two hours' drive from Buffalo City, celebrates its 20th anniversary on 11 February 2020. The...
Buffalo City Tourism
Feb 11, 2020


Dr Christine Hobden awarded prestigious Iso Lomso Fellowship
Dr Hobden was selected based on her submission titled: Citizenship, International Justice, and the View from the South. Her first...
Buffalo City Tourism
Jan 18, 2020


Celebrating the life and legacy of Zotshi Nyakathi
The life of Nomazothso Nyakathi, the first black female mayor of Ginsberg and active community leader during and after the apartheid...
Buffalo City Tourism
Jan 16, 2020


Simmonds clinches inaugural Pro Kennex International Premier Tennis Challenge
The first-ever champions of the inaugural Pro Kennex International Premier Tennis Challenge were crowned at Selborne Park in East London...
Buffalo City Tourism
Jan 14, 2020


Our People: Cecilia Makiwane, SA's first black professional nurse
Cecilia Makiwane was born in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victoria district of Alice in the Eastern Cape. Her father was a...
Buffalo City Tourism
Jan 5, 2020


The day East London soared into South African aviation history
It was the summer of 1909. Orville Wright had taken to the skies just four years earlier and around the world, interest in mechanical...
Buffalo City Tourism
Dec 27, 2019


East London student awarded prestigious US science medal
Sarah Selkirk, of East London, has been awarded the University of Stellenbosch's (US) prestigious S2A3 medal for the best MSc student in...
Buffalo City Tourism
Dec 17, 2019


Our People: Dr Devandré Boonzaaier
“Music is how I express myself, I cannot imagine my life without it.” These are the words of Dr Devandré Boonzaaier, Music Lecturer and...
Buffalo City Tourism
Dec 11, 2019


TNPA commits to expanding the Port of East London
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) reiterated its commitment to developing the Port of East London to support economic growth in...
Buffalo City Tourism
Dec 9, 2019
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