The developments that led to the recall and subsequent resignation of President Thabo Mbeki have been a matter of national debate and the youth have been compelled to speak out.
Author: Grocott's Mail
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MAKANA Municipality is inviting members of the public to comment on the proposed outsourcing of its vehicle testing station. This follows on a request made by three employees at the traffic department.
The newly established Municipal Public Accounts Committees (MPACs) are confusing Makana officials. Councillors don’t understand how the overlapping functions of the new committee and the existing committees will be regulated.
A post-mortem on a 19-year old pupil who was murdered in a brutal assault with a handle of a pickaxe, a spade and a hammer could not be linked to injuries that the student sustained. Mary Waters High School matric learner, Aiden Andrews died in a Port Elizabeth hospital in September 2006, two days after he was allegedly attacked by five people.
Makana will impose fines on anyone found guilty of illegal building operations. This includes building without approved plans, construction using substandard building methods and allowing occupation of incomplete buildings.
A Grahamstown primary school teacher has been found not guilty of raping his 15-year-old pupil after the girl’s little sister testified that she had lied.
RHODES Music Radio would like to apologise for the loss in transmission as of last week Tuesday. The cause is a malfunction (due to multiple faults) on our transmitter. The delay in rectifying the situation has been the turnaround time between the supplier in Johannesburg and Grahamstown.
ON Friday afternoon, locals were surprised when princes Harry and William walked into the Spur for lunch. The British royals were in Grahamstown on their way to Port Alfred as part of the Enduro Africa 08 motorcycle race for charity.
GRAHAMSTOWN High Court Judge Eric Leach has dismissed an urgent application by ex-municipal manager, Pravine Naidoo to reclaim his post. Naidoo must now leave his R850 000-a-year-job, the house reserved for the municipal manager and his exclusive parking bay. For six years Naidoo was allowed to park in a reserved bay outside City Hall.
A 30-year-old man was severely beaten by a group of angry residents at Hlalani Location in Grahamstown East after residents suspected him of being in possession of a stolen television set from Lombo Street in Tantyi. Witnesses say his hands were tied with a wire and he was dragged behind a taxi.