Estelle Ellis is a Senior Journalist at various reputable platforms including Cigalah Group, AllAfrica Global Media, Food For Mzansi, Bizcommunity.com, and Daily Maverick. She covers a diverse range of themes such as regional interest and world news, with a particular focus on aviation, energy, mining, climate change, and social issues across Africa and LATAM. Estelle's insightful reporting on critical topics like the Coronavirus, crime, and environmental challenges has garnered her recognition in the media 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
There was no reprieve for the Eastern Cape Departments of Transport and Education as a Makhanda High Court judge handed down a detailed court order on Thursday compelling them to take comprehensive steps to provide scholar transport to qualifying learners in the province within days and provide a catch-up plan for those who missed school in 2024.
By: Estelle Ellis
The warrant officer’s work helped to bring justice for the victims.
By: Estelle Ellis, Lisakanya Venna
With 27 deaths recorded in the current initiation season in the Eastern Cape, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa has suggested the only solution might be to suspend initiation in parts of the province where unregistered schools continue to practise illegally and ignore protocol.
By: Estelle Ellis
The Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, also announced on Saturday, 11 January 2025, that a national summit will be held in February to discuss the working conditions of police officers. Mchunu was speaking at the funeral of constable Callan Andrews who was shot in the head while pushing a police van in one of Gqeberha’s most dangerous neighbourhoods.
By: Estelle Ellis
In its final report for the Inquiry into the Fresh Produce Market, the Competition Commission has proposed sweeping changes to the way fruit and vegetables are sold and priced by retail giants.
By: Estelle Ellis
The Eastern Cape has ‘100 or so’ schools with pit latrines left to fix before this sad chapter in the province’s education history can be closed.
By: Estelle Ellis
The Eastern Cape Department of Transport has issued a stern warning to taxi owners after some were allegedly intimidating private scholar transport contractors and demanding money from them.
By: Estelle Ellis
Six officials in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s electricity department have until Friday, 17 January 2025, to provide reasons why they should not be suspended for the alleged unauthorised orders of R10-million in copper cables.
By: Estelle Ellis
At Walmer High School, a no-fee township school in Gqeberha, very few of the more than 2,000 learners wanted to do pure maths until a new teacher, Songezo Mtati, who was only 26 years old, came to class — with a plan. As matric results were released on Monday, 13 January 2025, he wrote on social media: 'Finally I managed to get 100% in MATHEMATICS. I’ve been fighting for this. Thanks to you all, Class of 2024.'
By: Naledi Sikhakhane, Takudzwa Pongweni, Estelle Ellis, Vincent Cruywagen, Suné Payne
The proverb says it takes a village to raise a child, and it couldn’t be more true for the matrics in SA who overcame immense odds.
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