Estelle Ellis is a Senior Journalist with a focus on local news in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, particularly in Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth). She writes for AllAfrica Global Media and Daily Maverick, and her work has also been featured in the Cigalah Group. Estelle covers a wide range of topics including community issues, social justice, politics, and human interest stories, providing in-depth reporting and analysis on the local landscape.
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Estelle Ellis primarily covers local news in South Africa, focusing on issues related to crime, government & politics, poverty, education, and healthcare. Her articles often include breaking news and evolving stories.
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By: Estelle Ellis
The executive mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro, Gary van Niekerk, has resigned. The deputy executive mayor, Babalwa Lobishe, has also tendered her resignation. It is understood that there is an agreement that they will be voted into each other's jobs.
By: Estelle Ellis
A man serving a life sentence for murder and robbery appeared in the Luskisiki Magistrates’ Court on Thursday as the prosecution alleges that he was the one who planned the massacre. He stands accused of planning the brutal execution of 18 people from inside his prison cell.
By: Estelle Ellis
Dr Raymond Andrew Patel, a prominent figure in South African tertiary education circles and the former CEO of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Skills Seta and the Chemical Seta, has been arrested for alleged fraud at the University of Fort Hare.
By: Estelle Ellis
The Special Investigating Unit has won its appeal to cancel the Amahlathi Local Municipality's R92m contract for the hire purchase of road construction equipment, concluding a decade of drama surrounding the agreement.
By: Estelle Ellis
A DA councillor and lifelong resident of Aberdeen in the Karoo Eldridge Ruiters had to appear in court on Tuesday after the municipality notified him that he was painting lines on the road without permission.
By: Estelle Ellis
Provincial government officials have started an urgent search for people who were bitten by a donkey on Wednesday to be tested and receive prophylaxis for rabies.
Recent arrests have brought hope that ‘paradise lost’ could become ‘paradise regained’ after a wave of violent crimes in this scenic part of the Eastern Cape made headlines and led to cancelled holidays.
By: Estelle Ellis
In a watershed judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal clarified Section 32 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, ruling last week that municipal officials can be held personally responsible for intentionally or negligently incurring unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
By: Estelle Ellis
The Eastern Cape Hawks have arrested two men who ‘rerouted' Yoco mobile card payment machines to send money to one of their accounts instead of the business owner, in what the company described as a near-impossible fraud.
By: Estelle Ellis
Former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, now deputy mayor, Gary van Niekerk has been summoned by the Hawks to appear in court on a charge of fraud on Friday. Van Niekerk stands accused of fraudulently obtaining legal representation using council funding after he was removed from his seat and was about to lose his job as speaker due to internal party squabbles.
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