The parking attendant or car guard system has been operating in Grahamstown for a couple of years now after replacing the parking meter system.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
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Local soccer side, Grocott’s Mail Eleven Attackers made it into the finals of the South African Football Association (Safa) Cacadu Top 8 soccer competition. The Top 8 competition saw the top eight placed teams in the Cacadu league, 2008/2009 season, from both streams, taking part in Jeffrey’s Bay over the past weekend.
Twenty-five local athletes took part in the third Spec-Savers half Ironman 70.3 South Africa, in East London on Sunday. The field of 2 000 entrants included professionals and amateurs to the sport of triathlon, with participants travelling from across the world to take part in the event. The half Ironman is made up of a 1.9km sea swim, a 90km cycle and a 21.1km run.
The annual night bowls competition gets underway on Monday at the Grahamstown Bowling Club. The Pepper Grove Pick n Pay inter- company Night Bowls League will be played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings over the next five weeks with possible Thursday evenings in case of bad weather.
Rhodes University student Thandolwethu Zono, who recently received a sport scholarship to the University of Massachusetts (UMASS), has arrived safely in the USA and will soon begin training.
According to a notice of motion filed in the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court in December, the management of Rippons Safari Lodge wants Daniel Koert and his family to be evicted from Proctorsfontein Farm with immediate effect.
It is almost two months since the Grahamstown and Port Alfred communities were stymied by three brutal murders in one week. The first murder was that of local cleric, Clive Newman who was found bludgeoned to death in his room at the College of the Transfiguration.
It has not been a smooth start to the year for Mary Waters High School learners. Learners say that they have been forced to take history as a subject this year instead of accounting because there is no accounting teacher.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is inviting former members of the service to apply for re-enlistment. Applications are open to a range of former policemen across the spectrum from constables to senior superintendents.