By CHESLEY DANIELS Salem 1st and Station Hill ended the year as 1st and 2nd Grahamstown Cricket Board (GCB) League leaders, respectively. The league will take a break after the first half of the season and resume on 15 January 2022. Another rain-affected weekend saw only one game take place, and the rest were rained out. GCB 1ST LEAGUE Salem vs Southwell Log leaders Salem again showed why they are the team to beat as they rumbled over Southwell with a dominant two-wicket bonus-point win. Overs were reduced to 45 as Southwell were sent in to bat and were bowled…
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By ROD AMNER The Cambrays recorded 51mm in Park Road after the deluge on Sunday 5 December and a total of 80.7mm for the week 2-8 December. The good news is that water is now being supplied to the city daily, with throttling only at night, according to the Makana Municipality Communications Office. Both the Waainek and James Kleynhans water treatment works have been operational since Wednesday, 8 December. The Howieson’s Poort dam was over 75% full on 7 December, and water is still flowing into the dam. Jim Cambray remarked that the town received more rain in a few days…
By LOYISO DYONGMAN Yahweh’s House of Hope Soup Kitchen in Vergenoeg, together with Pick n Pay, last week dished up food for kids and elders. Chesley Daniels, who owns the soup kitchen and wife Ashlyn, said Pick n Pay once again visited their premises with their Mobile Soup Kitchen van. Daniels said they came with their friendly staff, assisting with the dish-up and providing delicious soup and freshly baked bread prepared by their staff at work. Also present were the Multilingual Story Tellers of Lebone Centre, who entertained the children. “It was indeed a wonderful afternoon as smiles and joy…
By NDUMISO KHUMALO, Attorney, Rhodes University Law Clinic This month’s article considers in more detail some of the dispute-resolution forums for consumer complaints briefly introduced in the first article on this topic a few weeks ago. Consumer Goods and Services Ombud (CGSO) The function of the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud is to resolve complaints made by consumers against suppliers where the supplier has not been prepared to assist the consumer. In such circumstances, the consumer can lodge a complaint with the ombud. The services offered by the ombud are free of charge. How to lodge a complaint: A consumer must first…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA Mfuzo Boxing camp continues to produce talented boxers that can compete at the highest level. Five of their boxers, four girls and one boy, will be representing Eastern Cape in the Juniors national championships. These young boxers will be exchanging blows with the best from across the country from 14-18 December at the Great Centenary Hall in Gqeberha. Ilithalethu Matshotyana (50kg), Asanele Macwili (52kg), Qhamani Matebese (70kg), Azola Moses (54kg) and Thabiseng Lombo (37.5kg), all looked sharp and ready for their big trip. They expressed their happiness and the desire to make everyone associated with them proud.…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA Two weeks ago, Makana LFA held its annual general meeting. All affiliates were allowed to elect the people they thought would take local football forward. Andile Marhasi who represented the Sarah Baartman region was here to oversee the whole process. A new Makana LFA leadership was elected and promised to deliver. This new leadership has the massive task of steering local football in the right direction. One of their major challenges will be to find sponsorship as the league has no sponsorship for both their first division and premier league. They will also have to deal with…
By ROD AMNER Makhandans were caught off-guard by an unscheduled cloudburst on Sunday afternoon. After the welcome deluge, Jim Cambray recorded just under 50mm of the wet stuff. As the storm broke, fellow pluviophile Robin Stobbs exclaimed, “Now THIS is what I call rain – real rain. I can hear it, see it, feel it and smell it.” Meanwhile, a kilometre from Stones Hill towards Port Alfred Grocott’s counted at least five uprooted trees blocking a portion of the road. The Fire Department reported that Road Maintenance had been called and were on their way to clear the road by…
By Councillor GEOFF EMBLING, Democratic Alliance, Makana Municipality Many voters had hoped that the newly formed Makana Citizens Front (MCF) would strategically combine forces with the DA to prevent the ANC from gaining power, but this was not the case at the first council meeting. At the inaugural meeting, each councillor voted for crucial items on the agenda, namely, electing a mayor, a speaker, and select representatives from the Makana council to sit on the district municipality. Makana municipality is one of seven local municipalities which make up the Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly the Cacadu District Municipality). The other…
By SIVE MADALA GUMENGE Thanks to the IEC and everyone involved in delivering the local government elections quickly and in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic. This was an indication that South Africans are capable people when they want or need to be. Perhaps the lesson of organizing a successful election will open our eyes to providing a successful local government and true service delivery to our people. At the core of our struggles with service delivery is the absence of credible skills and complete comprehension of social and economic development. Municipalities must begin to appreciate the skills revolution driven…
Vaccines are ultimately the best way to ensure that we beat COVID-19, yet vaccine hesitancy remains a threat to protecting our community. A virologist at Rhodes University and member of the Provincial COVID-19 Expert Panel, Professor ROSEMARY DORRINGTON, addresses queries, fears, and misinformation. Q: Why are there waves of COVID-19 infections? A: The term “wave” refers to increased COVID-19 infections that usually last about two to three months with a three-month lull between waves. After the initial SARS-CoV-2 outbreak early in 2020, we have had two subsequent waves (Nov 2020 to Jan 2021 and July to Sept 2021), driven by…