Makana councillors want officials to find money to fill posts that have not been budgeted for in response to vacancies in departments critical to local service delivery. The municipality’s Infrastructural Services section alone has 39 vacancies. Only one can be filled.
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SUSAN Powers's free newsletter to parents in Grahamstown has taken on a life of its own. What began two-and-a-half years ago as an email to friends with children the same age as her own daughter Erin (4) has become an information-sharing newsletter serving 180 Grahamstown families.
The Young Royals society – a youth group that communicates and promotes an interest in science among students and scholars hosted a tea party for Women in Science.
SciFest Africa’s “make-science-fun organisation” won the non-profit category in the Mail and Guardian’s Investing in the Future Award. “This award recognises the incredibly important role that SciFest Africa is playing in changing attitudes and misconceptions,” said new SciFest director, Vera Adams.
Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets, as data released this week revealed that the consumer inflation rate reached new heights in August. This can be attributed to Eskom raising electricity prices last month and the continuous increases of food prices globally.
Local hospitality enterprises are under pressure from a new by-law which regulates the times at which liquor may be sold. The by-law was finalised by the council on the 10th June. Failure to comply with this law may result in a R3000 fine, three years’ imprisonment, both or a trade-license confiscation.
An economic development, tourism and heritage committee meeting was told that multimillion rand Makana Goat Co-operative with Business Village Trust Project’s is being "undermined".
A delegation from Makana municipality is in Cote d’Ivoire to explore "twinning possibilities". The party is made up of mayor Phumelelo Kate, council speaker Rachel Madinda, Municipal Manager Ntombi Baart and economic development director Riana Meiring.
The issue of homosexuality in isiXhosa culture was put under the microscope by the newly established Rhodes Xhosa Open Society. The group held a discussion with the audience after staging a new play Ndoda uyi mofi (Man! You are a moffie!)
THE eternal magic of the circus is in town and this time both children and adults are ensured of a fun time. McLaren circus, although small in size, brings with it all the excitement and novelty of a traditional travelling circus.