Author: Iviwe Haarmans

By Iviwe Haarmans It is considered rare for one to describe themselves as an outlier – someone who tends to see differently from what most would see as the norm, a person who ensures that as unique as their behaviour may be, all reasoning remains as sensible as can be. That is exactly my case. I am an optimistic 22 year old, with many goals in sight. Hailing from Thatha location, also known as Extension One, I completed high school at Mary Waters, prior to a four year nomadic experience, all for the sake of education. As the first-born son…

By Iviwe Haarmans Residents of Ward Two have collected almost R4500 to purchase solar-powered LED lights in an effort to stop cable theft that happens at night, during load-shedding. The residents, along with the ANC ward councillor for the area, Rami Xonxa, took the decision to collect the funds after an entire electrical box was stripped of its contents on the night of 17 February. The cable theft plunged the neighbourhood into darkness for four days, as a whole network of connections had to be rebuilt from scratch under rainy conditions. Grocott’s Mail reported at the time that the community…