Flat tyres seem like an inescapable fact of driving life. Not any more, says Ary Coetzee, Technical & Product Specialist, Bridgestone South Africa. He says that Bridgestone has now perfected Run Flat Tyres, which permit one to keep driving after a loss of tyre pressure for a certain distance at a designated maximum speed. These parameters vary according to the tyre and weight load. “Changing a flat tyre is not only a chore, it frequently puts the driver and passengers in harm’s way – either because of adverse road and/ or climatic conditions, or because the incident occurs in a…
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There were protests in various parts of the Eastern Cape Wednesday 21 November. Here are the reports direct from the South African Police Service, updated as more come in. PORT ALFRED – 6.30am on Thursday 22 November The R67 between Grahamstown and Port Alfred are closed due to service delivery protests. Community and road users are urged to use the Kenton/ Salem road SAPS will update when road opens. Emergency services and SAPS on the scene. KING WILLIAM’S TOWN – 9.45PM Fires are burning in most of the streets in KWT, electric boxes near Shoprite are also burning. Vispol members, OCC,…
SASSA beneficiaries who still use the old white SASSA card should get the new gold SASSA card as soon as possible, but no later than 15 December 2018. The old card will expire on 30 December 2018 and SASSA will not be able to deposit any payments for January into these cards, according to a statement from the SA Post Office. According to SASSA, there are approximately 109 000 SASSA beneficiaries in the Eastern Cape who have not yet switched to the new gold SASSA card. “Getting the new gold SASSA card is simple,” the Post Office said. “Visit any SASSA local…
K9 Tracker dog Black with his handler Warrant Officer Konzani followed a trail 10km from the scene of a break-in to discover R15 000 worth of stolen goods hidden in the bush. Police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said Black’s specialised sniffing skills were requested Tuesday 13 November following a house break-in at Seafield in Port Alfred. “The Grahamstown K9 tracker dog handler W/O Konzani responded with his eager and enthusiastic K9 partner,” Govender said. “On arrival on the scene, the handler looked for footprints but could not find any. He then worked out the exit route with the aid of Black…
On Saturday 20 October, 39 dance students took part in their International Social Ballroom Dance grading, held at Kingswood College, Grahamstown. A range of students included two adults, three PJ Olivier pupils, one from VGHS, nine from Kingswood College, nine from St Andrew’s College and 15 from DSG. The grading was arranged by owner of local dance school, Dance With…, Francois van Eck. Students were examined by Peter Mann from Port Elizabeth. Mann is a member and Treasurer of the South African Dance Teachers Association (SADTA) as well as the Ballroom Instructor for the Rhodes University Ballroom Society. Dancers were…
Eskom is currently not loadshedding, however the system remains tight with a low possibility of loadshedding today and for the rest of week, the entity said in a statement today. “We will keep our customers informed if there are any changes to the system.” In a statement from the Media Desk, Eskom thanked customers for assisting in keeping the power system stable by reducing their energy usage yesterday when it implemented stage 1 loadshedding. “Our customers’ response enabled us to increase our emergency reserves earlier than projected and we could therefore stop loadshedding at 7pm instead of 10pm,” Eskom said.…
Via Kasi Movers’ Dancing with the Dead was judged Best Production in the 2018 Makana Drama Development Festival on Saturday, 10 November 2018 at the Rhodes Theatre. Since 2003 Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company has hosted the festival. Local community practitioners are invited to participate and a programme of theatre skills workshops in the run-up to the Festival boosts the groups’ development. In addition a year long programme of weekly drama classes has been run in selected schools in order to prepare groups for participation in the Junior and Senior festivals. Winners: Juniors: Best Production – Sacred Corruption – Sakhuluntu Cultural Group…
UPDATE AT 8pm Sunday 18 November 2018: Eskom stops loadshedding 18 November 2018: Loadshedding was cancelled as from 19:00 on 18 November 2018 as we made sufficient progress with regard to the emergency reserves. Customers should note that some municipalities may take longer to restore load once loadshedding has been terminated. If customers experience outages for longer periods than announced, please contact your supplier (Eskom or the Municipality) as this may be a localised power outage. Eskom would like to thank its customers for assisting in keeping the power system stable by reducing their energy usage and will keep them informed if…
Old Andrean, John Rennie (1958), will be visiting Grahamstown next week to attend his 60th Reunion. Since leaving St Andrew’s, Rennie has become a Capetonian Architect and Heritage expert, founded an award-winning architectural firm and been awarded the Cape 300 Gold Medal for his service and contribution to the City of Cape Town’s buildings. However, very close to Rennie’s heart is the landmark George Gilbert Scott Cathedral of St Michael and St George in Grahamstown. Not only did he sing treble in the Cathedral Choir, earning the position of Head Chorister in 1954, during the 80s, he also restored the…