A YEAR after the Daily Dispatch exposed Buffalo City Executive Mayor Zukisa Faku’s misuse of her municipal credit card, nothing has been done about it.

THREATS by the Ndlambe Municipality to take Sunshine Coast residents who withhold monthly rates to court have been dismissed as “extremely foolish”.

A BHISHO Legislature report has painted a dire picture of the state of affairs in the Transport Department’s traffic services, including law enforcers operating with a chronic shortage of vehicles and other much- needed equipment.

AN ADULT humpback whale was found washed up on a rocky outcrop near Kidd’s Beach yesterday evening.

HOPES of ANC members waiting to be sworn-in as councillors at the Butterworth-based Mnquma Municipality were dashed on Tuesday when they were locked out of a meeting.

BUFFALO City councillors have asked for monthly reports on disciplinary hearings amid “confusion” over the suspensions of three directors by former acting municipal manager Dr Lulama Zitha.

A RHODES University student whose eye was injured by a bottle cap that exploded off a bottle of sparkling grape juice is suing the manufacturers for more than R400000 .

BROWN flags, “Save Nahoon” stickers and “Save our Sea” placards dotted Nahoon Beach yesterday as East Londoners came out in protest at Buffalo City Municipality’s attitude towards sewage spills into the ocean.

VARIOUS parts of East London were without electricity yesterday and on Tuesday night after vandals damaged an electricity connection in Buffalo Flats on Tuesday.

CHAOS broke out yesterday morning in Zwelitsha when drunk patrons tried to prevent police from raiding a shebeen suspected of selling cheap but toxic alcohol.