Author: Staff Reporter

Rising costs are making it harder and harder for millions of South Africans to make ends meet each month. But if you want to realise your dreams and retire well, you need to start saving for tomorrow, today. John Manyike, Head of Financial Education at Old Mutual, says the government is under increasing pressure to balance its own budget. The country currently has debt of R2.2 trillion, the equivalent of 49% of GDP. This makes significant increases in social grants or pensions for struggling South Africans unlikely. “It is therefore important not to rely solely on the government pension for your retirement…

Police are investigating a case of murder following the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man at Cambridge location near East London on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 around 10pm, according to SAPS spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni. “It is alleged that about five armed men demanded entry into his shack and forced the door open before attacking him with sharp objects and shooting him,” Tonjeni said. “He sustained gunshot wounds on his upper body and died on the scene. “Police are currently following strong leads and arrest is imminent.”

Aspire Art Auctions’ inaugural Cape Town sale on 27 March 2017 at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town attracted widespread interest. The promotion of critically engaged art, assembled with the acknowledged expertise of Aspire’s specialists, has increased the levels of interest among the pool of local and international collectors and curators. Aspire set various significant records. At estimates of R2.5million-R3.5 milllion, J H Pierneef’s A view across Fisherman’s Cove, Seychelles sold for an astonishing R4 547 200, reaching over four times the previous record for a non-South African subject. Vrystaat Reën achieved R2 046 240, also four times its low…

Retired midwife Khungiwe Sophia Kate-Cetu celebrated her 103rd birthday last Friday with loved ones in her Ngcakeni home. The woman who is affectionately known as “Nesi”, which means nurse, was hailed for being a well known midwife in Grahamstown and was known to always carry a brown suitcase when going to help bring newborn babies into the world. Daki Nkayi, a family friend, said that Kate-Cetu should consider herself a very blessed woman because back in the days when she still delivered babies, she was a well-known person: “She was so good at what she did, complete strangers, sometimes men,…

Waste recycling buy-back centres were installed in three sites in Grahamstown on last Friday (19 February 2016). The Integrated Waste and Recycling Services (IWARS) portable units were delivered to an area adjacent to Makana’s Kop old age home in Joza, Sugarloaf Hill and the Carlisle Street dump. IWARS employee Kevin Lee, who supervised the offloading, said the centres would be open from last Monday (22 February), 9am to 5pm. Grocott’s Mail spoke to project manager Mark Price on operational day 2. What are the buy-back centres and how do they work? The centres are custom-made metal units built by a…