THE Grahamstown police station has announced that 100 of its members will be attending National Police Day in Bloemfontein today. Police spokesperson captain Milanda Coetzer said the members comprise permanent police officers, clerical staff as well as volunteers, known in police circles as reservists.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
Kingswood 1sts vs Graeme 1sts: Kingswood got off to a great start on what is always a batting paradise at Graeme. Both openers were out reasonably early, but a good platform had been set.
Over 230 vehicles have been through the doors of Grahamstown Autoguard to have the Vehicle Protection Shield (VPS) placed on various parts of the vehicle.
“Live a clean life and always have clean water with your whisky,” is the advice Herbert Vivian Glass likes to give people when they ask him. Glass will turn the grand old age of 100 years on 1 February but despite his age, he says that he has lead a good life and that the only thing that has defeated him is his old age.
Two Mary Waters High School teachers visited the Grocott’s Mail offices last week shocked by the allegations made by learners in the article published in last Tuesday’s edition (“Principal denies learners’ allegations at Mary Waters”).
MAKANA Mayor Vumile Lwana hosted a networking event for local public school principals, members of school governing bodies (SGBs) and the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union on Sunday.
THURSDAY will see Zolani Myeki take the stand to hear his fate. Myeki has been accused of the murder of ANC Youth League regional secretary Oscar Dondashe who was allegedly robbed, shot and killed on the morning of 12 July 2009 in V Street on his way home from a tavern in Tantyi.
The former department of Land Affairs applied to local conveyancers in November 2006 to transfer the title deed of Trentham Park Farm to the farmers co-operative after the co-operative acquired the farm through the national land redistribution programme.
The family of an Alicedale farmer, who nearly spent the festive season without a home due to a court application by the manager of Rippons Safari Lodge to have them evicted, breathed a sigh of relief when the matter was removed from the court roll last Tuesday.
The South African National Editors Forum, (Sanef) has issued a statement following the subpoenas served on two journalists working for a national television station. This is the full text of the Sanef statement issued on Sunday, 24 January: