The Nelson Mandela Museum Youth and Heritage Centre, a centre built in Qunu to serve as a Catalyst for youth and community development will undergo renovations. The Youth and Heritage Centre was officially opened in 2006 by the then first democratically elected president of South Africa Nelson Mandela; and has been officially handed over to the department of Public Works from 12 August. The multidimensional youth and heritage centre of the museum will undergo a condition based maintenance including building, electrical, civil works and upgrading of sewer system. The renovations of the site will be at an amount of R36 515…
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Township entrepreneur transforms plastic waste into raw materials As a core focus at this year’s G20 Summit, the need to reduce waste – particularly plastic – as a way to combat climate change is clear. In 2017, the world’s plastics production totalled around 348 million metric tons.[1] While South Africa accounts for less than 0.5% of global plastic production, this still amounts to 1.5 million tons of plastic consumed in South Africa annually[2] and it’s up to both businesses and consumers to take make a change. Port Elizabeth-based Rhino Manufacturing has found a way to turn this trash into cash.…
Mobile network operator MTN recently recovered stolen cellphone tower batteries to the value of almost R1 million and said this was thanks to the involvement of the SAPS, security personal and ordinary South Africans. “While this is a step in the right direction, national cellular networks remain under increasing pressure, which may soon have a serious knock-on effect for the economy if battery theft continues at the current pace,” said MTN General Manager: Network Operations, Ernest Paul. In the first half of the year, the cost to the industry had reached an unsustainable tipping-point with damage to towers and infrastructure…
Dear Residents; The partnership between Makana municipality and Kagiso Trust was conceptualised to include three areas, namely • Indigent policy management • Community engagement and • Local economic development A Memorandum of Understanding between the two entities was signed in January 2019 and work started in February 2019. This project is expected to end in March 2020. Kagiso Trust has released a preliminary report on the progress that has been made in each of the above areas. Today we summarise the update regarding the first area that deals with the registration and management of the Indigent Policy. For the record,…
The Bathurst & District Lawn Tennis Association (BDLTA) recently celebrated the end of the league tennis season with two very successful Championships days that were held at the Grahamstown Tennis Club courts as well as the Graeme College and Kingswood courts. The grand finale was the well-attended prize-giving event on the evening of Saturday 10 August at the Grahamstown Tennis Club that sported a gin bar, live music and an array of trophies. A number of entries were received for the Men’s and Women’s Doubles Events, as well as the Mixed Doubles Events, with a few brave souls also taking on the Men’s and Women’s Singles events. The…
Alice SAPS has been inundated with calls and visit by members of the public who claim to have been called by a certain Captain Manzana who alerted them about recruitment and employment opportunities under way at this police station. This is according to provincial spokesperson Captain Sibongile Soci. The male voice responding to the number the caller use has a strong isiZulu accent, according to Soci. “His number is 079 142 0024 but he might change it after this public alert,” Soci said. “Alice SAPS would like to warn the public about this scam, as he already promised those without…
Rhodes University students have entrusted 23 year-old Pharmacy student, Katlego Mphahlele, with the role of leading the 2020 Student Representative Council (SRC). Mphahlele was inaugurated together with her 14 SRC executive members at Eden Grove Red lecture theatre on Friday. For the first time in the history of SRC elections in the University, out of the 15 SRC members, 13 are women. Mphahlele said it had always been a dream for her to lead the SRC, as she has occupied various leadership positions since her arrival at the University in 2015. In 2016, she was elected a Sport Representative of…
Retired police colonel Terry Hurn is recovering in hospital after being attacked around 8pm on Saturday 17 August outside his Sunnyside, Makhanda (Grahamstown) house and police have asked for anyone with information about the incident to contact them. In a social media post late last night, his daughter Terri-Lynn Penney said he had been stabbed several times in his head, side and arms and robbed of his possessions. Neighbours had rushed him to hospital and although he’d lost a lot of blood, he was stabilised. “I’m absolutely saddened at what happened to my father… so unnecessary… I thank the Lord…
What Makhanda’s surrender 200 years ago tells us about him By JULIE WELLS Two hundred years ago, at sunset when Makhanda (‘Nxele’) walked into the army camp of Lieutenant Andries Stockenstrom, just above Trompetter’s Drift, the soldiers were dumbfounded. It was the last thing they expected at the height of the ongoing war. He casually strolled in ‘with an air of pride and self-possession’ that commanded respect from Stockenstrom and his officers. Not quite knowing what to do with him, they gave him some food, then sat down and discussed the war, by then into its eighth month. Stockenstrom was impressed by Makhanda’s profound…