Nedbank has committed R25 million towards safeguarding critical water source areas, biodiversity hotspots and rural livelihoods with a strong focus on the Eastern Cape. The money will be spent in partnership with WWF South Africa which has a long working relationship with Nedbank. “For the past eight years, Nedbank and WWF have partnered to support sustainable farming across South Africa. The next five-year phase of this work will now be scaled up to secure water source areas, strengthen sustainable local economies and improve rural livelihoods to see people living in harmony with nature,” the World Wildlife Fund said in a…
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The Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) is calling for applications from Youth Owned Enterprises (YoEs) and youth entrepreneurs across the province as it sets the fund rollout programme in motion. The applications for the much anticipated Eastern Cape Isiqalo Youth Programme (EC-IYP) are open from the 1 August 2019 onwards. DEDEAT has set aside R50 million allocated in 2019/20 to fund YoEs, having National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) as the implementing party. The innovative Isiqalo is marked by significantly less stringent qualifying criteria and covers a wide range of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial levels including…
Power and control by perpetrators often leads to domestic violence and eventually their incarceration. The vicious cycle not only leads to assaults and sexual abuse but sadly the loss of life. Victims of abuse include close family members and children who become instant orphans. In an attempt to break this cycle, the South African Police Service partnered with the Department of Correctional Services and conducted an education campaign for inmates on Friday 30 August. In a first of its kind event, 100 inmates convicted for crimes against women and children were addressed at the Grahamstown Correctional facility. The aim of…
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) stopped 6 000 payments in the August payment cycle. In a statement, the Agency said this was part of a joint operation with the SA Post Office to combat grant fraud. After intensively studying trends, the Agency said, the modus operandi of the fraudsters was exposed. “Subsequently systems and controls were tightened. We can confidently say that the noose has tightened on these criminals and the law will deal harshly with them. In the recent past, the courts have not only sentenced people found guilty of social grant fraud but have issued orders for them to…
This week we reached a milestone at the SPCA when we bid a very fond farewell to the 100th animal adopted from our centre since January this year. Those 100 adopted animals include more than 40 cats and kittens and 50 dogs and puppies. This is a record for our SPCA. The number of adoptions processed in January 2019 alone exceeded the number of adoptions done throughout 2018. Many factors have made this immense achievement possible. The introduction of an onsite clinic in August 2018 with the allocation of a compulsory community service veterinarian paid for by the government has significantly reduced the…
By TYRA EDITH WARREN Young Directors’ Season has come to the Drama Department again and this year, the four Honours directors, under the supervision of Janet Buckland, are serving up a feast of all things serious. The theatre celebration, titled “YDS”, runs over four days, each production showing twice over the week. For the directors, YDS is an opportunity for the department’s most aspiring postgraduate creators, to put on, thrilling and complex 30 minute theatre works. The season is about all things theatre, and it has developed into Rhodes University’s must-attend theatre event. For the first time in their university…
Organisers of South Africa’s National Science Festival, Scifest Africa, that brought you a science journey of a lifetime earlier this year, are at it again to bring the Makhanda (Grahamstown) Regional final of South Africa’s leading Expo for Young Scientists. The Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Makhanda Regional Final, which is sponsored by Eskom, Rhodes University and local businesses, will be taking place on Saturday, 3 August at Rhodes University in Makhanda, Eastern Cape. The Expo aims to inspire and develop a deep understanding of young scientists to be able to identify a problem, analyse information and find solutions and…
Working on Fire in the Eastern Cape recently recruited more than 50 young people who will be trained as veld and forest firefighters different bases around the province. Ground Operations Manager of the province Nkululeko Mlanjeni said these young men and women were recruited in Lottering, Witelsbos, Longmore, Mkhambathi, Langeni, Mhlahlane and Ugie this week. Mlanjeni said every candidate had to pass a fitness test during the recruitment. “Working on Fire criteria includes fitness test which consist of 40 push-ups, 40 sit-ups as well as running 2.4km in 14 minutes for females and 12 minutes for males,” said Mlanjeni. He said all…
Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Mabuyane, Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Nomakhosana Meth are meeting in East London this week with stakeholders and individuals working in the cannabis industry to find ways to develop the cannabis industry for the province. In a statement, the Premier’s office said discussions at this two-day meeting would include presentations by groups that have been working on cannabis from associations, provincial government, license application process, requirements and time frame for production, Cannabis market analysis and its economic impact. Mabuyane is set to deliver the keynote address on the first day of the meeting and l unpack the…
In extremely cold conditions the school fixture between Graeme College and Port Rex started with two hockey matches on Friday 19 July. The Graeme u15A side managed a 4-0 win but the 1st XI struggled to find any rhythm in the cold conditions. They managed to score early, but didn’t look convincing for most of the game and the score ended as a 1-0 win for Graeme. The rugby sides had even worse conditions to deal with on Saturday morning. With all the Junior School games cancelled in PE due to field conditions, it was left to the Senior sides…