Infrastructure that's falling apart and new connections for new buildings are the reason for an unusually high number of holes that have recently appeared in the streets of Grahamstown.
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It was still not clear yesterday whether a march planned for this morning by members of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) would go ahead.
While crooks are becoming more cunning, credit and debit card fraud continues to rise. The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) reports this kind of fraud cost the South African banking industry R263.8 million between September 2009 and September 2010.
Due to apartheid restrictions the rate of urbanisation in South Africa was severely suppressed. With the demise of apartheid, South Africa experienced a surge of people moving from rural areas to urban ones. They were pushed out by rural poverty, unviable land parcels and lack of infrastructure and services, and drawn into towns and cities by the promises of jobs, services and a better life.
Port Alfred will once again play host to the annual Mutual & Federal University Boat Race competition, which attracts sportsmen and women from around the country.
Black Sash provincial director Alexa Lane says many are still unaware of their rights and are excluded from participating in society because of poverty and unemployment.
Grahamstown Legal Resource Centre in partnership with parents of local school pupils; mud schools in the Eastern Cape will hopefully soon be a thing of the past. With the R6.2 billion capital expenditure for the provincial Department of Education, former Transkei mud schools could be demolished and new school facilities built.
For more than 32 years the Rhodes Law Clinic has served Grahamstown citizens and educated people all over the Eastern Cape about their rights. Its mission: to contribute to the development of the province through teaching, research and community service.
After countless hours behind the lens and the odd all-nighter in the cutting room, the Rhodes final-year television journalism students have finally submitted their major documentary assignments for the year.
Perhaps you want to know if there are any restaurant specials on in Grahamstown tonight, or perhaps you're interested in knowing what's showing at the local cinema…