Tim Dold from Ght PG Glass was the sponsor of the tour bags for the 17th consecutive year. Joos Vos of Xtreme Embroidery donated a set of t-shirts to the Gr. 7″s.
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A 21-year-old man is due to appear in court today on a charge of murder, after police found the body of his elderly relative in her Grahamstown home in the early hours of Saturday. Spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said the police were called out shortly after Friday midnight to a house in Hlalani, where they found the front door open and a woman lying on the floor, face down in a pool of blood. She had an open wound on her upper body and a man identified as a relative of the 70-year-old woman was arrested. “The motive for the murder…
By Nthabiseng Mokone Working on Fire in the Eastern Cape dispatched 50 fire fighters from its Tsomo, Ugie and Joe Gqabi teams to help suppress a fire that started last weekend at Ossa farm in the Lady Grey area. This fire has burnt an estimated 26 000ha since it started, spreading to Barkly East and affecting 15 farms under the Joe Gqabi District municipality and leaving vegetation and crops on seven completely destroyed. No structures or livestock have been affected; however, livestock owners have been urged to remove their animals as the fire continues, with the winds up to 80km/h.…
Sovereign Food Investments Ltd announced this morning that it has detected avian influenza (AI) at a single layer house on a farm that forms part of the Company’s broader Uitenhage operations. “Approximately 5 000 birds have been culled, which represent approximately 1% of Uitenhage’s production pipeline,” the company said in a media release today. “Sovereign Foods’ management is currently taking the appropriate steps and following the prescribed protocols to prevent AI from spreading to other farms. The Hartbeespoort operation in Gauteng remains unaffected.” Sovereign Foods was started in 1948 as a family business in the Rocklands Valley near the town…
A hat-trick by Leopards prop Joe Smith and a brace by No 8 Jeandre Rudolph steered the Potchefstroom side to a rewarding 57-20 victory against Eastern Province at home on Friday as they outscored the opposition eight tries to two. The victory for the Leopards ensured that they remained unbeaten, while the defeat for the Eastern Cape side marked their third in as many games. Defending Currie Cup First Division champions, the Down Touch Griffons, continued to set the pace in the competition – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – as they registered their third bonus-point win a row in…
By Caitlin De Souza The annual Boat Race Festival is an opportunity for South Africa’s rowing Universities to conquer the Kowie River in Port Alfred. Nine universities (Nelson Mandela University, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, University of Pretoria, University of the Western Cape and University of Witwatersrand), gather for the 14-16 September festival. In 2016 the University of Johannesburg won the overall woman’s title, while the men’s title was won by the University of Pretoria. The competitors use of the early part of the year to prepare for the race,…
Teachers across South Africa are called to take at least one lesson outdoors on Thursday, 12 October 2017 as part of the global Outdoor Classroom Day campaign. The campaign is a response to the decline in the time that children spend outdoors. Research by Unilever has found that 2 in 3 children globally play outside for less than an hour and a half a day. Outdoor learning improves children’s health, teaches critical life skills such as resilience, teamwork and creativity, and is central to children’s enjoyment of childhood and nature. South Africa is not alone in its drive to reconnect…
Twenty-six cellphones, tablets and a variety of chargers and power packs were seized, among other items, during a busy few days for the police, spokesperson Captain Mali Govender reports. Members of Grahamstown Visible Policing, Detectives, support personnel and the crime prevention unit arrested two people for attempted burglary and serious assault in an integrated police operation during the weekend. They confiscated a number of items including several knives, a bolt cutter, a wallet, a cellphone, a flat-screen TV and a blue backpack containing 2kg of copper wire. Yesterday, the Highway Patrol seized a white VW Golf at a vehicle check point…
By SHAKIRAH THEBUS The jovialness and warmth that can regularly be experienced at the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church was absent Saturday 2 September when the Women’s Ministry associated with the Church (including Joza, Xolani, Jasper and Ghini), organised a peaceful march from Joza Clinic in Extension 7 to the Joza Police Station in same district. They sang struggle songs and hymns and held aloft banners and placards with slogans such as ‘End It Now’, Churches are Custodians of Moral Regeneration’ and ‘Enough is Enough’ were very visible–a sentiment the women wanted to relay to the officials of the South…
ATTORNEYS TO DRAFT FREE WILLS DURING NATIONAL WILLS WEEK: 11 to 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 Have you been recently divorced or widowed? Have you bought a new home? Have you been cohabitating with your partner for some time? Do you have a number of people that depend on you financially every month? If so, it is advisable to have a legally sound will to ensure that there are not competing claims on your estate when you pass away. As has become tradition over the past few years, members of the public will be able to have a basic will drafted by an…