The Masimanyane Women’s Support Centre held a three day Rural Women’s Leadership Dialogue at Rhodes University which ended on Tuesday.
Author: Zimkhitha
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Most caravans, boats and trailers don’t see much action during the year.
Chevrolet and the Chevrolet Warriors will be hosting five days of great summer beach cricket starting next week.
The health department is expecting more than one thousand boys will go under the knife by the time this year’s circumcision season is over. Xolani Mene, the official who is in charge of circumcision, says that between 1 200 and 1 500 boys will be undergoing the traditional rite of passage in the December/January season. He added that 375 boys became men during the June/July season.
Last Friday was one of the busiest days of the month as it was payday for pensioners and other welfare grant recipients. Usually this also means that pickpockets, illegal gamblers and other greedy law breakers take the chance to prey on unsuspecting elderly people and those who fall easily for their tricks.
The Raglan Road multi-purpose centre was buzzing with activity on Thursday when GBS Mutual Bank held an awards ceremony for the people who had participated in a financial management workshop facilitated by the bank.
Grocott’s Mail would like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of those who lost their lives in the terrible vehicle accident last Friday. It is dreadfully sad when four people lose their lives in an collision that could most certainly have been avoided.
The Aspen Pharmacare marathon took place on Saturday in Port Elizabeth. The event was also the Eastern Province championships, as well as the South African National Defence Force Championships. There were a total of 625 athletes who finished the 42.2km, which was run over a flat course in overcast but windy conditions.
On Friday evening the final draw for the Fifa Soccer World Cup was held in Cape Town. The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth is one of the ten venues that will be hosting matches of the world’s most important sporting event.
FIFTEEN teams will contest the only soccer league under Makana, the Metropolitan League. The previous Makana LFA leagues consisted of the Metropolitan as well as the Development League.