A number of Grahamstown locals are among close to 18 000 athletes taking part in the Comrades Marathon on Sunday 2 June.
Author: Kayla Roux
Motorists will be pleased to learn that the petrol price is to decrease by 8 cents a litre as of Wednesday 5 June.
Grahamstown residents who are interested in environmental issues should attend the Kowie Catchment Campaign (KCC) meeting on Thursday 6 June at the Fingo Public Library and Community Hall at 4pm.
Approximately R100 000 worth of computer technology was stolen after a break-in at Insight Technologies at Peppergrove Mall in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Staff at Fort England Hospital in Grahamstown have been picketing outside the hospital daily for the past week, over money they say the provincial health department owes them.
Makana municipality will be holding their first ordinary council meeting on Thursday 30 May at 2pm. The council has not had an ordinary meeting since the start of 2013.
Two men aged 16 and 21 have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman in Alexandria on Sunday 26 May.
At least 49 people were arrested in the Port Alfred Cluster over the past weekend for various crimes. Offenses ranged from serious crimes such as murder and rape to less serious ones, like theft and drunk and disorderly conduct.
The police are looking for Sizwe Sandile Babe who was last seen by his brother in Grahamstown on 21 May at about 8am.
A jubilant atmosphere filled the air on Friday 24 May as pupils from three Grahamstown schools celebrated Africa Day with the National English Literary Museum (NELM).