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A jubilant EP Elephants team celebrates winning the SA Shield U21 trophy after beating Griquas in the final at Otto du Plessis High School on Saturday
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Are EP's slumbering Mighty Elephants on the rise again?

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Final hurdle awaits matric class that has already overcome many obstacles

Twelve years of early mornings, school uniforms and hard work have all led to this moment: the class of 2026 write their final matric exams on…

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New tourism desk a wake-up call for metro to take action

The launch of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber’s new tourism desk is a wake-up call for our metro. Our tourism industry took a beating thanks…

PE St George's Club, Bird Street, is turning 160. Chef Liedon Hiktor, Gailene Booysen and Davey Mtshekisa, floor manager, at the club.

Raise a glass to 160 years of St George's Club

There is something wonderfully reassuring about an institution that simply refuses to disappear. In a world where buildings are demolished,…

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Patients need care, doctors need jobs

The  UXi Eastern Cape International Rugby Institute  was launched in Gqeberha last week. At the launch were, from left, Thea Miller (CEO UXI sport), Nkosi Khona Nofuma (UXI), Izanne Grobbelaar (UXI Sport ), Randal Meeske (CEO UXI) and institute programme manager and founder David Manuel
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New Gqeberha rugby Institute can stem talent drain

The launch of the UXi Eastern Cape International Rugby Institute in Gqeberha aims to halt the talent drain of top schoolboy rugby stars moving to…

Indian internet personality Saurav Haldar speaks to West Indian great Brian Lara during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 Match Schedule Launch at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa on October 1, 2026 in Cape Town.

Bay set to benefit from World Cup Cricket match extravaganza

St George's Park will host five matches during the 2027 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, bringing an estimated R1.9bn economic boost and thousands of…

Municipalities owed Eskom more than R120bn in overdue electricity debt by the end of July — a growing threat to the utility’s recovery and the country’s power supply

R120bn owed — and the lights are still on?

Despite Eskom reporting a R30.3bn profit, South African municipalities owe the utility over R120bn in overdue electricity debt, threatening Eskom’s…

Georges swimming pool. 
Picture Eugene Coetzee

It’s time to be proactive to fix this ‘broken city’

For many residents growing up in Gqeberha, they will have fond memories of their misspent youth enjoying the St George’s Park swimming pool and…

ANC national chair Gwede Mantashe and SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila get together during the 15th Cosatu National Congress in Johannesburg Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA/BUSINESS DAY

Cosatu blames ANC for collapsing municipalities

Cosatu, a long-time ally of the ANC, has directly blamed the ruling party for the collapse of many municipalities across South Africa, marking a…

Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane.
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Wiser Pitso deserves second spell in Bafana hot seat

Given his many notable successes in African football, Pitso Mosimane has all the attributes needed to keep Bafana Bafana moving on an upward…

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Kariega arts centre delay leaves youth without hope

Beuran Hendricks is a notable addition to the Warriors cricket squad
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Go-getting Warriors primed to smash it out of park again

The Dafabet Warriors, coming off a highly successful 2025/2026 season where they won the CSA T20 Challenge and reached the Four-Day Series final,…

Ipid is investigating an incident in which police raided a home in the middle of the night and allegedly assaulted a 23-year-old Luciano Majwete and stole R95,000 in cash, as well as phones, perfume and a watch. Majwete is pictured here with his mother Noncedo after visiting the Kwazakhele police station on Monday. The pair were happy to have their names published but did not want their faces shown. Picture: WERNER HILLS

Trust in police shaken after alleged Zwide hammer attack

Two Zwide residents allege that people dressed as police officers entered their homes on September 4, assaulted them, demanded information about a…

Nelson Mandela Bay has high unemployment, yet manufacturers are struggling to find people with the specialised skills needed to fill critical jobs. A skills audit exposes a growing disconnect between the people looking for work and the skills the Bay’s economy needs

Unemployed, but not job-ready for manufacturers

Nelson Mandela Bay faces a paradox where a high unemployment rate coexists with manufacturers struggling to fill skilled positions. A recent audit…

The Port Alfred community responded to the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl by capturing the fugitive suspect and handing him over to police without harm

Port Alfred community chooses justice over violence

The Port Alfred community responded to the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl by capturing the fugitive suspect and handing him over to police…

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality was prepared to right off R23bn in unauthorised expenditure

Rush to write off R23bn must be questioned more

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality attempted to rapidly write off R23bn in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure without fully…

South Africa is mourning the passing of boxing champion Zolani Tete who was killed in Mdantsane.

Zolani Tete’s global status no protection against terror stalking SA’s people

SA recorded a 9.5% decrease in murders in the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, with 546 fewer people killed compared with the same…

A dilapidated bathroom in an outbuilding at the Elizabeth Stuurman Old Age Home in Schauderville. The facility is run by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality

Treatment of elderly paints horrific picture of societal failure

Women's Month

Little to celebrate this Women’s Month as the relentless violence continues

August is Women’s Month but violence against women in SA is out of control.