Author: Grocott's Mail

I asked my elders if they knew what Twitter was. Surprised to find I am less cyber-savvy than their more senior selves, many informed me that not only do they know what it is, but they make use of it on a regular basis. I admit I felt like a (nervous cough) twit.

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The Citizen Journalism Using Mobile Phones Project awarded 45 learners certificates for completing workshops aimed at encouraging the youth to voice their opinions through SMS technology.

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WITH all the controversy surrounding South Africa’s 2011 Rugby World Cup rugby team and the number of black players who should be included, few realise that there is a black rugby club that has been in existence since the late 1800s, says Winter Rose rugby football club president Ramie Xonxa.

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Nkululo Marangxa (19) and Melisizwe Mvandaba (18), accused of robbing two Rhodes University students at knife-point, were convicted of robbery in the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

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THE Grand Hotel, that has fallen into delapidation and decay in recent years is to be given another lease on life by a property development company.

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You have probably heard the latest buzzword in science – nano. Nanoscience. Nanotechnology. It is a revolution in science which can be likened to the industrial and electronic revolution of yesteryear and more recently to the revolution brought about by the unravelling of the code for DNA, the molecule of life.

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TELKOM has warned its customers to be vigilant of fraudsters after an imposter claiming to be a Telkom employee unsuccessfully tried to scam a local businesswoman.

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An angry community has accused the grandmother of supposed kidnapping victim Ntomboxolo “Lele” Bashe of hiding Bashe’s whereabouts from the police. Bashe who was presumed murdered was discovered hiding out with her boyfriend in Port Elizabeth.

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