Report: Eastern Cape still out of HIV, TB drugs
Médecins Sans Frontières says in five months there has been no improvement with Eastern Cape HIV and TB drug stock-outs.
Eastern Cape drives innovative platforms for development
The Eastern Cape's provincial innovation hub was initially started in 2010 when the province established a pilot hub called Innovate Eastern Cape.
EC has potential to fly
Despite its challenges, the Eastern Cape has the potential to become a booming economy.
Booze curfew breaks the cycle of violence on the Wild Coast
In a far-flung district, a night-time ban on shebeens has wiped out violence in a village.
Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 1
From broken windows to undignified toilets, Equal Education's Julian Kesler shares his experience of the NGO's tour of some Eastern Cape schools.
Comment: Take care over the next hill
What, if anything, does the private healthcare sector have to offer the rural poor?
ANC's 'chickens of cadre deployment come home to roost' in E Cape
Irregular expenditure in Eastern Cape municipalities increased by over R1-billion over two years, for which the DA has blamed inept workers.
ANC top brass ask E Cape councillors to resign
Officials in the Eastern Cape's Mbizana municipality have been told to resign by the ANC's top leaders, the party in the province has said.
E Cape education minister says children have no rights
Newspapers have reported the Eastern Cape's minister of education said children who are dependent on their parents do not have any rights.
[Video] M&G Hangout: EC schools left in the dark
We speak to our education reporter about her experience in the Eastern Cape where too few teachers and appalling toilets seem to have become the norm.
[Slideshow] The forgotten schools of the Eastern Cape
We travel to rural Eastern Cape to see what it is like for pupils learning in terrible conditions — many not knowing how much better they deserve.
Economic policy: The poor still lose
Rural areas have always been at the bottom of the list when it comes to healthcare and expenditure.
First day of 2012 matric exams a success
Despite recent protests, floods and textbook delivery problems, more than 500 000 pupils sat for their first matric exam on Monday.
'Anyone but Zuma' faction wins day in OR Tambo
The ANC's OR Tambo chairperson Thandekile Sabisa has been re-elected, dealing a blow to President Jacob Zuma's bid to retain leadership of the party.
Clash of customs
Boys in Mpondoland are going behind their parents' backs to attend dodgy initiation schools that too often claim the lives of youths who would be men.
[Slideshow] A cut above: Initiation done right
This year's circumcision season is one of the deadliest. The M&G visits an initiation school which follows strict precautions and has no fatalities.
Biofuel plant backfires on community
It started out with a bang, but land deals went sour and farms lie barren as the project stalls, writes Sipho Kings.
'Blase' EC schoolgirls using abortions as contraception
According to a report, an abortion takes place every 10 minutes at Eastern Cape clinics, putting strain on the province's health resources.
Energy Champion
Zothe is the driving force behind several innovative renewable energy efficiency projects inin Lady Frere, Kavali Village, in the Eastern Cape.
