By CHRIS TOTOBELA Local football fans were were treated to a feast of football with all regional league teams in action on a great Saturday. In the first game Maru eased past Young Pirates 3-1. In the main game Eleven Attackers met United Eleven. The game started with the visitors taking the game to their opponents and creating chance after chance the home side sat back and absorbed the pressure hoping to catch them on the break. Attackers roughed up their opponents with hard tackles conceding, free kicks in the process. In the 33rd minute of the game, one of…
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Grahamstown’s local ladies football team, the seven times regional champs, African Connection took part in the Human rights day Soccer tournament held at the University of Forthare in Alice on Wednesday 21 March. Connection defeated Walter Sisulu University and Ministers FC 4-0 and 2-0 respectively on their way to the semis. It was in the semi finals that they really got tested as they played a very strong University of Fort Hare side; a side that plays in the Sasol Provincial league. Playing In front of their home fans, Fort Hare made it very difficult for the Grahamstown side. The…
Judge Thamie Beshe handed down sentence to South Africa’s worst serial rapist, Lonwabo Solontsi after he had been found guilty on 39 counts of rape, seven counts of robbery, 14 counts of aggravated robbery, four counts of housebreaking with intent to rape and three counts of housebreaking with intent to rape and robbery. Reporting on the sentencing, police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said the offences had taken place between November 2010 and July 2015. Solontsi had two previous convictions for rape and the cases spanned over three provinces – Western Cape, Eastern Cape and the North West Province. His victims were exclusively female,…
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) announced today that there will be no stop-and-go sections on the R72 – Port Alfred and Great Fish River during the Easter weekend. Work on the rural section is in progress with the completion of new storm water culverts and the construction of the seaward side of the R72 from Port Alfred to the Fish River the most prominent. Ancillary work like the concrete side drains and other minor storm water structures has started. “This upgrade includes the construction of two 3.7m driving lanes, with auxiliary (climbing) lanes, and a surfaced…
A group of 30 top music students from Cape Town’s DF Malan High School is currently touring the Eastern Cape and will be performing popular classical numbers on April 1 at the morning service at Grahamstown Cathedral (11am). They will also give a concert at 4pm in the Cathedral where local talent will join forces with them. Ben Terry (cello), Aidan Reynolds (flute) and Angela Volschenk (voice) will delight the audience with their young talent. The audience is welcome to join in by singing along when the group performs well-known songs from the most popular Broadway musicals. The concert is free of charge. The wind…
You are very welcome to attend a GRA Public Meeting @5.30pm on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at Noluthando Hall, Joza. Acting Municipal Manager, Mr Ted Pillay, will be presenting information about the situation at Makana. The local Ward 2 Councillor, Mr Mphumzi ‘Ramie’ Xonxa will also be attending to assist with answers to questions. The meeting will be introduced by GRA committee member Xolani Simakuhle. This is expected to be a well-attended meeting, and a good chance to ask and hear answers to questions. Doors open at 5pm so that the meeting can start on time. [For people driving from central Grahamstown – travel up Jacob Zuma…
Do not give your pets away for free. They may end up in at a puppy mill, as food for predators like pet snakes, bait for dog fighting or be be killed for human consumption. Please be responsible and take them to your local SPCA or animal shelter. We will adopt the animals to loving homes and have a formalised adoption process which is there to ensure the animals find a safe loving and caring home. For more information or advice, please contact Grahamstown SPCA or any of the vets in town: Grahamstown Veterinary Practice on Fitzroy Street, Tel: 046…
In Grahamstown, what do you need to do when you want to renovate or build on to your home? Grocott’s Mail asked some experts. Perhaps you want to open your home to guests during the National Arts Festival. Perhaps you have an elderly relative who needs the security and companionship your family can provide, or a young relative who wants to take advantage of the town’s excellent educational facilities. Or maybe your immediate family is growing! With the cost of buying property prohibitive for most, many families opt to build on to their existing properties. You need to start with…
Drought is affecting many parts of the country, not just Cape Town: Johannesburg had a critical shortage of water a few years ago, Durban in 2016, parts of Limpopo have struggled with poor supply for years, the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape have areas facing water crises too. Many home owners are installing rainwater tanks and grey-water systems to help them meet water restrictions and to protect themselves against a Day Zero scenario. But what of tenants? Who is responsible for supplying rainwater tanks and having them connected to the guttering? Is it the landlord’s duty or is that for…
Dr Anne Verbiscer, a scientist from NASA, spent Monday and Tuesday at St Andrew’s College and DSG, addressing science classes and each school as a whole. Dr Verbiscer is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Virginia and she worked with data from the Cassini Mission exploration of Saturn from 2007 until it ended in September 2017. She is currently working on the science team for the New Horizons mission, which is exploring the Pluto system and Kuiper Belt beyond. In her address to the whole school, Dr Verbiscer told the story of how…