Street children asking for money or food is nothing new, but now they’re asking for money in exchange for stolen puppies they carry with them.
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Rhodes University has closed its Health Suite and suspended all sporting activities with immediate effect due to concerns relating to "flu and related illness". Roger Adams, the Head of Sport at Rhodes, circulated a notice to university staff and students this morning with the announcement. The notice read:
“I want to get involved in the government,” a young woman announces from the back of the lecture theatre at Rhodes University’s Eden Grove. “I want to get involved in the government – not because I am inspired. Because I’m frustrated.”
With the consistent rise in road accident deaths year after year, there is a growing need for drivers to improve their skills on the road. The fastest way to do so is learn how to drive properly through an efxtensive Advanced Driving course.
On Saturday morning union members working at Wimpy restaurant in Pepper Grove Mall went on strike.
Several hundred Rhodes University staff have been on strike since Monday 3 August and have been marching through campus in protest against the recent adjustment in the payment of support staff.
A group of North American Church Bell Ringers are due to embark on their debut visit to South Africa. This is the first tour by a band of ringers from North America and will run from 1 August to 15 August. The team includes ringers from various famous towers including the National Cathedral in Washington DC.
"Comrade Moneli, there is no one like him," sang the members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) as they paid their last respects to their comrade, Nzwana Moneli, at City Hall on Thursday.
The second round of the Grahamstown High Schools Football League kicked off last week, although the first match did not take place. The opening round two match between TEM Mrwetyana Secondary School and Mary Waters Secondary School was abandoned last Wednesday, because of a teacher’s meeting, said Mandla Gagayi, coordinator of the high schools league.
The annual Spar National Netball Champions is currently taking place at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth and is one of the biggest highlights on the local netball calendar.