By LINDA MKAZA Makhanda firefighters eventually extinguished a fire at a scrap metal dealership, Dibashe Scrap, in the Kingswood area on Tuesday, 13 September. No one was injured. Scrapyard employee Bongani 1 January noticed the fire and informed the manager Mbulelo Samela who called the Makana Municipality firefighters. Vehicles burning as firefighters contain the fire. Photo: Linda Mkaza “The cause of the fire is unknown at the moment, and further investigation is needed,” said firefighter supervisor George Mankayi. Neighbouring business Buttrich Cartage employee Manie Noppe said he saw small flames, which eventually got out of hand but did not affect…
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NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Bekuxhelw’ exhukwane kubathandi naba landeli bebhola baseMakhanda nanjengoko kubuyelwe ebaleni kwimpelaveki ephelileyo. Amaqela eMakana LFA adlala kwisigaba sesibini abhinqele phezulu abuyela ebaleni emva kwesithuba esiphantse sayinyanga engasadlali ebaleni emva koku ngaboni ngasonye namagosa alawulayo. Ngomgqibelo iMaru Academy iquthise iYoung Ones ngamanqaku amathathu kwelinye. iAfrican Spears yohlwaye iYoung Stars ngamabini eqandeni logama yona ekhokelayo iGolden Eagles ibhaxabule iLeister City ngamanqaku amane kwelinye. IVukani anchors itywatyushe iRising Stars ngamanqaku amathandathu kwelinye. Ngecawa iYoung stars iye yaziphindisela ngethuba iswantsulisa iJacaranda Academy ngamane kwelinye. Biyi mpelaveki entle kwi African Spears nanjengoko iye yabhungca ngenqaku elinye eqandeni ngethuba ihlangene noomakadenetha iSantos.
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan There is a lot of hype these days over the type of exercise you should do in order to get the most benefits to build your strength and improve your health. One of the recent trends is functional fitness. Functional fitness is about doing exercise that supports your everyday life. In other words, anything you do in a functional fitness class should help you complete everyday tasks, ward off injuries, and help you keep moving soundly and with proficiency. There are many benefits to functional fitness. What are some of…
By STAFF REPORTER Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies TV Lecturer and PhD candidate Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki has been appointed to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council. President Ramaphosa announced the news this week and said the Council will advise the President on matters related to fighting corruption, in line with the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2020-2030. Among other focus areas, the Council will advise the President on the effective implementation of the anti-corruption strategy by government and civil society, including the private sector. The Council will also provide advisory input on matters related to the government’s comprehensive response…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan When you are in an abusive relationship or situation, it can be incredibly difficult to leave. This is because the abuser has firstly, made you believe that you will never find anyone else better than them. Secondly, they have probably isolated you from everyone and so you feel you have only them. Thirdly, they may control you financially, fourthly, you may blame yourself for the abuse because you have stuck with this person despite it. There are many reasons people stay in abusive relationships. What to know if you are…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Ibi ngumbo nomxesibe kwezi veki ziphelileyo abantu bethontelene bejongise imibombo kwibala lemidlalo i-JD Dlepu apho bekuqhubisene izikolo zalapha eMakhanda kukhuphiswano olubizwa ngokuba yiKC Motsepe Cup. IKutliso Daniels iye yawongwa njenge ntshatsheli zalapha eMakhanda emva koku gqwesa kule tumente. Emva kokuphumelela kwitumente, bekulindeleke ukuba iKutliso Daniels iyokumela iMakhanda kwaye ivane amandla nezinye iintshatsheli eziphuma kwezinye iidolophu kwisithili seSarah Baartman kodwa iqela lase Kutliso liphele likhala esimantshiyane. Umqeqeshi weKutliso Daniels uMandilakhe Klaas uchaze ukuba bekungeko lunxibelelwano luvela kubaququzeleli belemidlalo yaseMakhanda, icandelo lemidlalo kwiDuyinivesithi yaseRhodes phantsi kobunkokheli bukaSiya Dumiso. Ukungabikho konxulumelwano olululo kubangele ukuba iKutliso ingakwazi ukuya kule midlalo yesithili seSarah…
By TOLERATE CHILOANE Rhodes Music Radio’s (RMR) newly-appointed station manager Unathi Koboka has a powerful vision for the station’s role for Rhodes and the Makhanda community. “I want RMR to be exciting and vibrant; I want it to be something that the students can listen to, and I also want it to be something that Makhanda can look forward to and feel represented by. It’s going to be inclusive, it’s going to be amazing, it’s going to be a vibe,” Koboka said. Koboka studied Versatile Broadcasting at Walter Sisulu University and also boasts sound and events management qualifications. She was…
By ASEMAHLE DINGE, AMKELWA MBALULA AND SIYANDA GXARHA MPAKO On Tuesday, 23 August 2022, Makana Municipality leaders met with the Makana Civil Community Coalition (MCCC) board to collaborate on improving the lives of Makana residents. At the inauguration ceremony held after the meeting at the Amazwi Literature Museum, MCCC Chairperson Dr Noel Mpumezo Ngesi said that their motto ‘No one must be left behind’ captured the endeavour of this coalition. “Our hearts go out to everyone in Makana,” said Ngesi. He further added that MCCC board members have a variety of skills and social backgrounds they wish to use to…
By TOLERATE CHILOANE Stakeholders from the Sarah Baartman District reviewed the province’s draft museums and heritage policy at the Albany Museum on 11 August 2022. And many seemed concerned about its effective implementation. Stakeholders included King Lebongula Foundation representative Sizwe Mda, Rhodes University International Library of African Music (ILAM), Sarah Baartman museum and heritage resources assistant director Zandisile Sakata, principal museum human scientist Nosipho Magoswa, and heritage resources management deputy director Nandipha Ncombo. Sizwe Mda from King Lobengula Foundation said some museums had been performing everything expected from them for the past years without government support, despite the policy. Various…
By LINDA MKAZA I left Grahamstown as a student and returned to Makhanda as a lecturer and academic editor. How things change! It’s my first month back in Makhanda – and what a busy one it has been. Now that I have settled down from the interprovincial move and my new role in Makhanda, I can finally introduce myself to you, our readers. Ndingubani? Who am I? According to my clan, I am uMamBhele, uMatshaba, and I was born in the village of KwaNomadolo eDikeni or Gilton in Alice, as it is referred to in English, which is one of…