Get local news updates on your phone Download the Pondoland Times app for breaking Eastern Cape news, community updates, jobs, and important stories from around you. 📱 iPhone App 🤖 Android App Farmers and residents in Ward 8 of the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality are seeing support through the Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture’s LandCare Programme, which is targeting invasive cactus species and improving farming infrastructure in the area. The Department recently conducted a project...

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has issued a traffic advisory notifying road users of scheduled blasting on the N2 national road between KwaBhaca (Mount Frere) and eMaxesibeni (Mount Ayliff). The blasting is set to take place on Tuesday, 29 April 2025 at 12h00, approximately 2.9 kilometres outside of Mount Frere when travelling in the direction of Mount Ayliff. In the interest of public safety, the road will be closed for a maximum of 30 minutes during the operation....

Higher Education Minister condemns "militarization" of campuses and pledges urgent action for student safety. The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, paid a compassionate visit to Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha on Wednesday, following a tragic incident that left several students injured at a local campus. The visit comes a day after the latest incident of violence, with students from the Walter Sisulu University campus brought to the hospital for...