A spate of vandalism at Buffalo City Metro properties in recent months has forced authorities to erect a perimeter fence around the city’s political headquarters, the East London City Hall. This is where the offices of the executive mayor Xola Pakati, his deputy, Princess Faku, and council speaker Humphrey Maxhegwana are situated, and where the metro’s council sits for its meetings.
Grieving East London teenagers, who were among the partygoers at Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park, have given DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.za) their harrowing accounts of the tragic events that left 21 teenagers dead. Some lost their lives while trying to rescue friends from the terror, while others narrowly escaped death themselves.
BCM residents will be familiar with the multitude of posters offering free abortions along with other dubious health services plastered on nearly every available surface around the city, from walls to dustbins and electricity boxes. The department of health has taken note. Volunteers gathered outside the East London City Hall on Tuesday to take part in an initiative organised by the department to combat illegal abortion providers.
A statue of the late black consciousness movement founder, Steve Biko, which stands in front of the East London City Hall has been defaced. On Wednesday DA councillor Sue Bentley and other DA members attempted to clean the structure, which was vandalised with blue paint. Bentley said: “This is the second time the statue has been vandalised in two years.
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