Makhanda’s police stations are both under new command. Colonel Nomsa Mtshagi is the new Commander at Joza Police Station and Colonel Mbulelo Pika is now in charge of the Grahamstown Police Station. They were among 20 officers newly promoted to the rank of Colonel and inducted to the Senior Management Service level of SAPS leadership in the Eastern Cape at Griffiths Mxenge Provincial SAPS headquarters on 3 October 2019, spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni said. Fourteen of the newly appointed Colonels will be working as station Commanders in eight stations within the Eastern Cape. 1. Mbulelo Pika – Grahamstown 2. Nomsa…
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A fourth-year Walter Sisulu University Physics student kicked, punched and chopped his way to capturing a prestigious international karate title in Russia last week. Karateka Anele Madlala, 23, beat his Russian opponent Andrei Kizov in front of a partisan home crowd to clinch the World Fighting Kyokushin Organization Grand Prix tournament on 12 October in the Russian town of Suzdal. “The fight was a very tough one. Kizov is a very hard man to fight – he is strong physically, with a strong will to win and an even stronger heart,” said Madlala. Originally from Harding in KwaZulu-Natal, Madlala has been…
Police have appealed to the public for information after Kenton-on-Sea resident Johannes van der Merwe was found dead in his home on Monday 14 October. A case of murder is under investigation. Van der Merwe, 54, lived alone and according to information a relative tried contacting him yesterday morning. “When he got no answer, he arrived at his house and made the shocking discovery,” South African Police Service spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said. “Both the front and back doors were open and there does not appear to have been forced entry.” The motive for the murder wasn’t known and forensic experts…
Rhodes University BCom student Penang Shirindza won the Best Innovative idea category in the National Intervarsity Entrepreneurship Challenge. The event, the first of its kind, was recently held at the Southern Sun Hotel at OR Tambo International Airport. Rhodes University were winners of the Eastern Cape Regionals through Urban Play – a digital advertising company created by Shirindza, a third-year BCom student in Economics and Information Systems. Shirindza, an Allan Gray Fellow, has been under the mentorship of Ross Marriner from PSG Wealth. In total, 15 universities were represented in the final round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity Competition 2019. Department of Higher Education’s…
Born and bred in the “The Creative City” Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, Viwo Kulati hopes to show a side of relationships that often goes unnoticed with her new single titled Chilly Breeze. The single is available on iTunes, Spotify and all digital platforms. “The lyrical content of love songs I’ve heard growing up speak about how a girl loves their guy, how a guy hurt their girl or how sorry a guy is for hurting their girl. So Chilly Breeze is showing the other side of things – how women can also be in the wrong in relationships,” Kulati…
By ZAKEELAH JANSEN Zithande Qhawekazi held a masterclass event about natural hair on 21 September at the Makana library hall. The purpose of the event was to educate women about caring for natural hair and its significance. Zithande Natural, Afro hair salon, Elegant Events and Project Queen SA collaborated in hosting the first edition of this masterclass event. Zemvelo Ndaba, the CEO and Co- founder of Queen, which is a beauty brand and a movement that inspires to educate and empower woman, was the keynote speaker on the day. “Woman and even men want to feel beautiful.”, said Ndaba. “Most…
Vuyokazi Jamieson from St Andrew’s College’s Cawse Library was named runner up in the national librarian of the year nominations at the 2019 Durban conference for the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA). She also came first as the top representative for the Eastern Cape. The annual awards are presented at the end of the Liasa conference where professional librarians in academic, school and public spheres gather to share ideas and successes. It’s given to a librarian who is a role model for the sector and whose contributions will leave a lasting impact. Jamieson has spent her professional…
Around 140 karateka Joza Karate Club hosted their second successful championship event at the Foley Indoor Sport Centre in Tantyi, Makhanda, on 5 October 2019. Eleven clubs from across the Eastern Cape saw 140 competitors take to the floor, enthralling dozens of local and visiting spectators. KSI (Uitenhage), SANSA Tigers (Uitenhage), Kwanobuhle Goju Kai (Uitenhage), Asai Motherwell (PE), Oyama (P.E), Hillside Goju Kai (PE), clubs from East London and Fort Beaufort, ECSR (Port Alfred, Kenton-on-Sea, Makhanda), Rhodes University and the host Joza Karate Club signed up for the one-day showdown. A highlight of the day was the senior male category where…
SAPS Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Liziwe Ntshinga welcomed the sentence handed out this week to 51-year-old Lumnkile Manene and 37-year-old Zukile Vena who attacked two elderly women on a farm in Alexandria in the early hours of 29 January this year. In a particularly cruel twist, a woman who had been widowed three weeks before was in the company of a friend who came to comfort her when the incident took place. She and the friend were asleep in the house, when her three dogs’ insistent barking woke her up. As she entered the lounge, she saw three men…
The Rhodes University Drama Department’s Theatre In Motion has for many years been a platform for showcasing some of the finest up-and-coming young choreographers and physical performers in the country. This year will be no exception with the staging of two programmes from 16-19 October, under the rebranded name Performing Flux. The first programme is a double bill: Honours Choreography and Physical Performance on Wednesday 16 October and Friday 18 October at 7pm in the Rhodes Box Theatre, and at 8pm in the Rhodes Main Theatre respectively. Performing Flux highlights the corporeal or bodily imagination and shares different ways of…