Photos by Don Bryce show some of what you can expect to see at this year’s Classic Car event. By DON BRYCE Bookings are now open for the annual Amatola Classic Car Run, which this year will be held on Sunday 18 November. Note that the run is a week earlier than usual, due to other motoring events happening on the last Sunday. The popular social event was founded in 1991 by three motoring enthusiasts, Frikkie Viljoen, John Small and Clive Morris, to commemorate the gruelling Amatola Rallies of the 1950s. The modern day “Amatola” has become the largest event…
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The Mbhashe Executive Mayor recently handed over a R9 million Animal Pound at Dutywa. The facility is the result of a joint effort between the municipality’s Community Services and Technical Services directorates, with the use of Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) funding from Cogta. In a media statement, the municipality said the state-of-the-art structure was complied with SPCA standards, comprising separate spaces for designated species including horses, sheep, goats and cows. There are sick bays and veterinary treatment areas intended for those requiring medical attention. In the surrounding municipalities, there is no facility for handling animals and this pound would serve…
With weather conditions working in their favour, teams fighting the Tsitsikamma fires would focus on getting the fires under control, Working on Fire said in a media release this morning. “Weather conditions have improved, with light drizzle assisting fire-suppression operations. “Temperatures are in the low teens, the wind is moderate,” the Department of Environmental Affairs project reported Monday 5 November. “The weather forecast for the next two days is promising, with more rain forecast allowing us a window of opportunity to secure the wins we have achieved by improving and anchoring containment lines. This could result in further containment from…
Agri Eastern Cape welcomed the lengthy sentences handed down to Alexandria farmer Riaan Scheepers’s attackers in the High Court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) Friday 2 November, and congratulated the SAPS for their investigative work in the case. Bulelani Bafo Zozi (21) and Siphamandla Petse (24) entered Scheepers’s home on 25 November 2017 and severely assaulted him. They took a firearm and his bakkie before fleeing the scene. On 19 December, Scheepers succumbed to his injuries and passed away. Today Judge Clive Plasket handed down the following to each of the accused: Count 1- House burglary with intent to rob and robbery…
Rhodes University alumna Briony Chisholm will launch her book at the National English Literary Museum (NELM) on Tuesday 30 October, 5.30 for 6pm. One Night Only, set in Cape Town, chronicles the life of 33-year old Sarah Trafford, who has sworn off committed relationships after her last failed affair. “In the book exists a familiar world of lascivious bosses, heartbreakers and clingers-on,” the description says. “While we are asked to consider the meaning of ‘ever after’ within the levity provided by Sarah’s antics, the story is fun, humorous and entertaining; it allows us moments of letting go with the comfort of…
SS Gida Hospital which serves several rural areas around Keiskamnahoek thanked the Cata Working on Fire team who carried out prescribed burning in their area earlier this month. The team’s Regional Manager Msindisi Poponi sad the hospital had asked for a firebreak to halt runaway fires and improve the hospital’s appearance and access. Poponi said the team had burnt about four hectares around the hospital, removing the flammable material near the fence and making sure fires would not be able to reach the hospital grounds. Working on Fire is an Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) based in the Department of Environmental…
If you appreciate political satire, you should visit and exhibiition by Bright Ackwerh at the RAW Spot Gallery, 5 Rhodes Avenue (corner Lucas Ave). Through his sharp and unrelenting wit, Bright Ackwerh turns the tables on global leaders who have treated Africa and Africans with disregard, have positioned themselves as Messiahs, or have colluded with African elites. “Everyone wants to be the King or Queen,” says Ackwerh, who places characters such as Robert Mugabe, the Queen of England, Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Emmerson Mnangagwa or Nana Akufo-Addo in funny situations in order to imagine how they would react.…
To celebrate the introduction of the all-new fourth generation, the iconic Jeep Wrangler was recently put to the test on the challenging Rubicon Trail in the mountains between California and Nevada, US. A convoy of Wrangler vehicles, all in the off-road specialist Rubicon trim, the most capable for off-road driving, set off on the legendary track west of Lake Tahoe. The unstoppable Rubicon was perfectly at ease on the extremely hard trail, which winds up rocks, slopes and plateaus, climbing over natural obstacles, courtesy of its unmatched off-road equipment. Each model was equipped with the Rock-Trac 4×4 system, featuring a…
Rapid biomonitoring protocols, using biotic indices based on macro invertebrate diversity to assess river ecosystem health, are widely used globally. In South Africa, the so called SASS5 (South African Scoring System, version 5) is used. SASS5 training and accreditation took place at the Albany Museum during the first week of October, with delegates from around the country, and Lesotho. This was a combined effort between the Department of Freshwater Invertebrates and GroundTruth Consultants, Hilton. Juan Tedder of GroundTruth Consultants, with Dr Helen James, Eastern Cape SASS accreditor since 2005, and Dr Alex Holland, herself accredited for the past eight…
The National Arts Festival and Distell have joined forces to seek out and showcase fresh storytellers and new voices with the launch of the Distell National Playwright Competition. The Competition, for debut playwrights who haven’t staged their work before, is run in honour of Adam and Rosalie Small, the husband and wife duo who made a significant impact on South Africa’s literary, philosophical and educational landscape. The winning writer will receive a cash prize and see their work produced at the 2019 National Arts Festival, the country’s premier arts showcase and a shop-window for producers and theatres from across the…