David Hanton, the well-known owner of Grahamstown business IT Solutions, was hit and killed late yesterday afternoon by a car driven by a soldier from the local army base.
Author: Michael Salzwedel
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The Makana Municipality has issued a public notice saying that key water supply sources in Grahamstown have run dry, and that technicians have been called in to fix a broken pump.
American ‘mathemagician’ Dr Arthur Benjamin is visiting Africa for the first time to talk at Scifest Africa 2010, which begins in Grahamstown tomorrow.
Ending off Rhodes University’s third Anti Alcohol-abuse Week, Dean of Students Prof Vivian de Klerk hosted Viv’s Variety Show, a veritable spectacle of song, dance, drama and music which was performed by Rhodes staff and students on Friday evening.
Three break-ins have occurred over the last week in the High Street vicinity, with two houses in Thompson Street and Mad Hatter’s coffee shop on High Street all falling victim to burglars.
That fist, that shuffly dance, that crinkly smile. None of us knew what he would look like after 27 years behind bars. And then after the shock of 2 February 1990 when FW de Klerk unbanned the liberation movements, came the amazement of 11 February when Mandela walked out of jail with Winnie holding his one hand and the other raised high in triumph.
Judge Clive Plaskett has sentenced Bongani Paulos to 16 years in prison for the murder of Reverend Clive Newman and the theft of his possessions.
We are getting to that time of the year when many people, but especially newspaper editors, are beginning to reflect on the year that has flown by. As we in the newsroom look at the front pages of the past year we cannot help thinking about the big stories, big events and most important of all, big people who have defined 2009.
Bongani Paulos (25) of Aliwal-North who has been found guilty of the murder of the Anglican priest Clive Newman tearfully apologised to the reverend’s family this week.