By Slovo Dyira On Saturday, 29 April, a family fun day flea market was held at La Café to raise funds for the SPCA. Various business owners had stalls selling various goods at the charity event. Event organizer, Angelea Gunkel, says that the Community Family Funday Flea Market is held every last Saturday of each month. The aim of the flea market is to help raise funds and get donations for various charity organizations in Makhanda. This month, the charity of choice was the SPCA. Gunkel family stall on the day. Photo: supplied Gunkel, alongside her family and various Makhanda…
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By Slovo Dyira I am an optimistic and enthusiastic, disabled gentleman who was born in Makhanda and grew up here. I went to Good Shepherd Primary School and finished off my school career at Ntsika Senior Secondary School. I started working at the age of 16 at the National Arts Festival, which gave birth to my undying love for graphics made from Adobe software. In the year 2016, I started my own company. It was initially only about assisting close friends and family by designing posters for them, but the business grew and now operates as Slovo Dyira Media Communications.…
By Slovo Dyira About 70 learners from different Makhanda secondary schools gathered at Nombulelo High School in Joza on 18 March to participate in an Ikamva Youth empowerment programme. The Amen Goy, known as TAG, is “passionate about all aspects of the spiritual and individual journey of women and youth in the township and rural areas,” the organisation says. The Amen Goy’s Nolubabalo Makana and Unathi Yili coordinated the event, which was filled with poetry and singing by the former members of the Ikamva Youth programme. The topic for the day was “self-mastery”, with keynote speaker Makana talking on the…