The Buffalo City Metro has filled nearly 7,000 potholes in five months, mayor Princess Faku said on Monday.In September, Faku launched Operation Valazonke Programme a drive aimed at fixing potholes across the metro.
More than 100 homes at Coral Beach Estate in Winterstrand near East London are partially off the grid following the launch of a multimillion-rand solar panel project last week. This means that Eskom has been replaced as the main power supplier to the estate as it is now going to be used as a backup to the project.
Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku is going ahead with her court case against the University of Fort Hare despite the university clearing her to graduate.Faku scored a major victory on Monday when the university’s lawyers wrote to her apologising and assuring her that she would finally be awarded her law degree this year.