After countless hours behind the lens and the odd all-nighter in the cutting room, the Rhodes final-year television journalism students have finally submitted their major documentary assignments for the year.

Despite the existence of groups which encourage business development, local entrepreneurs have criticised the municipality and financial institutions which make it difficult to obtain the funding they require.

Shockwaves hit the country when the Daily Dispatch recently published an exposé of the state of government-owned morgues in the Eastern Cape. Horrifying pictures accompanied this investigative piece depicting decomposing bodies stacked up in piles and exposing extremely unsanitary working conditions.

Three pupils from Kuyasa Special Needs School in Grahamstown have made their school and community proud by making it on to South Africa's national cricket team for people with intellectual disabilities.