A ward councillor arrested with 35 Alicedale residents yesterday for public violence was among a jubilant crowd singing and dancing behind the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court today, Tuesday 24 March.
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A ward councillor arrested with 35 Alicedale residents yesterday for public violence was among a jubilant crowd singing and dancing behind the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court today, Tuesday 24 March.
Makana Mayor Zamuxolo Peter cancelled an out of town trip after a senior ANC official summoned him to Alicedale on Monday 23 February. There he was met by a community hall in flames and burning barricades.
Smoke is pouring from the blackened roof of the Transriviere Community Hall in Alicedale and an SABC journalist is nursing wounds from rubber bullets after an angry crowd set fire to the building less than an hour ago.
Eskom confirmed on Friday 20 March that the price increase to be implemented on 1 April 2015 to Eskom direct customers is still 12.69% and for municipalities will be 14.25% from 1 July 2015 as approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) during November 2014.
“Every snake can bite you – but not all snakes can kill you. Sharks are the same: not all sharks are the killers they are perceived to be,” says shark specialist Steven Mabugama.
"You, as young South Africans are in poll position to take advantage of these new technologies. But you won't be able to take advantage if you don't excel at science and maths.” These were the words of Deputy Director General of Research Development and Support in the Department of Science and Technology, Dr Thomas Auf der Heyde, at the opening of Scifest Africa 2015 on Friday 20 March.
Police reinforcements were brought in from Port Elizabeth after hundreds of residents burnt tyres and branches and built rock-barricades on the main street of Alicedale on Friday 20 March.
Rhodes University’s online forums have been rocked this week by racial tension and debate sparked by the Rhodes Must Fall protest and the subsequent hashtag #RhodesSoWhite.
At least one person has died and two were critically injured after a Ford Fiesta overturned on the N2 between Peddie and Grahamstown on Monday 9 March.