Ndlambe Municipality has closed the beaches at Port Alfred until further notice following a shark incident this morning. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said a surfer was bitten on the leg by what appeared to be a juvenile white shark. The surfer, a Port Alfred man in his early 20s, was able to get out of the water safely and was transported to hospital in a stable condition, Lambinon said. “The NSRI and Ndlambe Municipality are urging caution in the Port Alfred area to bathers and paddlers in light of this morning’s incident,” Lambinon said. “Ndlambe will make an announcement when…
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Arrear Maintenance When the respondent (person who has been ordered to pay maintenance) fails to comply with the terms of a maintenance order and the order remains unsatisfied for a period of 10 days, the court treats it as a debt and the usual civil debt recovery options become available to the complainant in terms of sections 26 to 30 of the Maintenance Act. The complainant may apply to the maintenance court where the respondent is resident for: – Authorization to issue a warrant of execution; – An order for the attachment of respondent’s earnings (emoluments attachment order); or -…
Periodic Maintenance on the R67 between Fort Beaufort and Seymour in the Eastern Cape is improving road safety for pedestrians and motorists, SANRAL announced this week. The 14-month road maintenance project, valued at R151 million, started last year. This road connects the two towns of Fort Beaufort and Seymour along the route and is a vital link between Fort Beaufort and Queenstown. “The installation of guard rails in the high fills as well as the construction of the Baddaford intersection has helped to improve the safety of the road. The stretch of the road was also fenced to prevent animals from…
Enactus, Rhodes University exists as branch of an international students’ organisation dedicated towards igniting business innovation, to spark social entrepreneurship – through collaboration with students, academics, and business leaders/institutions. Of the 4 projects that they have as a society, two have been funded by the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture: the Liviwe pop-up cinema and Imbali donkey tours. Liviwe pop-up cinema Liviwe pop-up cinema was founded on the identification of a lack of adequate distribution channels and exhibitions of locally produced, quality films; existing to educate, entertain, inform and…
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries’ Working on Fire firefighters in the Eastern Cape continues to be on high alert during this winter fire season. Since the start of the 2019 winter fire season, firefighters in the province were dispatched to suppress more than 20 fires across the province, Eastern Cape Working on Fire said in a media release. Provincial Coordinator of Dispatch, Ashlynn Goold, said May was very busy, with a large number of fires to start off the fire season. Goold said the teams that have been particularly busy have been those in the eastern part of the province,…
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has identified potential fraud cases on 2 800 accounts from different banks and the South African Post Office (SAPO). The vast majority of these cases are from the Eastern Cape. In a media release, the Agency said, “As a precautionary measure, SASSA requested banks and SAPO to stop payment on those accounts. This is done so as to prevent fraudulent activity on those accounts by preventing funds from being drawn during the July payment cycle and subsequent ones if necessary.” SASSA advised affected bona fide beneficiaries whose payments had been stopped to make…
The poem celebrates the National Arts Festival, praises those who created the festival. The imbongi asks which culture is celebrated during the festival. Kuluvuyo ukubona iimbuso ezonwabileyo ngeli xesha lonyaka. Kwanga kunga nje mawethu. Sikubulise xa ubufika Sakwamkela sikuhlangabeza ngobubele Savuya sigcoloda Saxhumaxhuma saxhentsa Ngoku sesikujongile uyatshonela Zihambiiiile intsukuntsuku ezikhatshwa lugcobo Mnyhadalandini ndikufanise nantoni? Ndiyinkuku esikw’umlomo mna Andingetsho nokuba umsila wasilo sini na Kuba zonk’izizwe zikuqhwabel’izandla Kuluhadi nomrhubhe emacaleni Sikhahlele na kubaseki bakho? Loo madoda aseka lo mnyhadala aye phuma phi na? Ezo ntokazi kwelo gqugula Zifakan’iindlebe ziqononondisana nalo madoda Ntw’ezazingqondonye nde Ndino thulel’umnqwazi ndinganazi Boxhankxeshe noxhankxeshekazi huuuuuntshu! Mnyhadalakazi omkhulu…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the Treasure the Karoo Action Group’s (TKAG’s) succeeded in its appeal against the Ministers of Mineral Resources and Environmental Affairs to aside the regulations on petroleum exploration and production – as promulgated in 2015 and which allows for fracking in South Africa. A full bench judges today ruled in favour of AfriForum and TKAG in the Appeals Court in Bloemfontein. AfriForum and TKAG have been involved in litigation for years to prevent the implementation of fracking for gas extraction in the Karoo. AfriForum and TKAG maintained that the regulations were illegal on several grounds.…
Doing the G2C cycle race with a friend? Or maybe you’re supporting someone who is? Take a photo break at the Grocott’s Mail water table dressed in your Festival finery and you could win a meal voucher at Saint’s restaurant in High Street: Race day, Sunday 7 July, is the last day of the National Arts Festival and if you’re the two vibiest and most festively dressed pair of cyclists or supporters, you could each win a R150 voucher for a meal at Saints in High Street. There are four vouchers for two pairs of cyclists or supporters who we…
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) working with South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) have arrested people caught with SASSA cards, large sums of cash and the private commercial bank cards of social grant beneficiaries in their possession. According to a media statement from SASSA, a total of 17 people, all of them unregistered moneylenders, were arrested following a joint operation by the Fraud and Compliance Unit in SASSA and the Hawks. The Hawks seized 159 cards and R 85 800 in cash. The suspect with the most cards was found with 39 cards and the largest…