NguNtombovuyo Ngaphu Endaweni yokuba ii-ambulensi zehle zisonyuka ezilokishini kuba zingakwazi ukulifumana ikhaya lesigulane, ngoku zinakho ukusebenzisa imephu kaWhat3words ukufumana ngqo ikhaya ngalinye, lula nangokukhawuleza. IWhat3words yinkampani yaseUnited Kingdom evelise uhlobo olutsha lokuthetha nokusebenzisa iidilesi kwihlabathi jikelele. Le nkampani yohlula-hlule umhlaba ngokweemitha ezingu-3m x 3m ukuqiniseka ukuba umkhukhu ngamnye, isikolo, irestyu, ibhoma, irenki yeeteksi, nayo nayiphi na indawo ebalulekileyo inedilesi yayo ekhumbuleka lula. Idilesi nganye kaWhat3words ingamagama amathathu awohlukileyo kulwimi ngalunye, umzekelo ikhaphetshu.umhle.isitya. Le nkampani izokuvula ngokusesikweni i-ofisi yayo entsha eGoli ngoFebhuwari ka-2018 ngelixa isazisa ngeemephu ezintsha ezingesiZulu, i-Afrikaans nesiXhosa. Ngokokutsho kukaLyndsey Duff onguMphathi weSebe elijongene neLizwe loMzantsi Afrika kule nkampani, amagama amathathu kwidilesi nganye asetyenziselwe ukuze kubelula ukuba abantu bakwazi…
Author: Mzwamadoda Makalima
Mzwamadoda Makalima, better known as Azlan Makalima, is a Grocotts Mail Online Producer, Journalist, Graphic and Layout Designer. He is a Head-Director at Multimedia Makenik, a Small Medium Micro Enterprise on Event Management, Graphic, Audio and Visual Design.
A case of intimidation/assault/malicious damage to property was opened and a suspect arrested after a group of Hlalani residents overturned and set fire to the bakkie of an immigrant shopkeeper. The incident, around 11am on Sunday 26 November, occurred at a Somalian owned spaza shop, police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said. Alleging that the shop owner had assaulted a local resident, the group had overturned his bakkie and set it alight. The fire was put off by other community members; however, because of heavy winds it reignited – this time burnt the vehicle to a shell. “It was found that the local…
The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) has warned of increasing scams and false information targeting beneficiaries of social grants. “The latest false information being circulated is that SASSA offices will be closed during the December month and that beneficiaries will not receive their January payments,” the Agency said in a statement. “SASSA would like to assure its beneficiaries that all SASSA offices will remain open for business during December and will only close as usual on public holidays like Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year. We urge our beneficiaries to report such acts of criminality to the police so that these scammers can be…
Grahamstown-born and soothing vocalist Melissa Davies will host a music session at The Recreation Hall on Saturday 2 December. Davies, who is everyone’s favourite, prefers to give to the people in need, rather than receive. She comes from a musical background, as her father was also a musician. Davies used to make noise in the living room early on, making her parents shout at her, as she loved to recite new songs. She recently signed Cool Side Entertainment, a record label in Johannesburg. ‘A Night With Melissa’ is her very first event, as she is raising funds to give back…
The Black Sash has warned that the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for Comprehensive Social Security’s report back to Parliament earlier this month leaves the door wide open for new tenders and may prolong the implementation time frame beyond 31 March 2018. In addition it lacked details of how grant-holders’ confidential information would be protected. The socio-economic rights champion says the IMC’s reportback to the joint meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Social Development Portfolio Committee on Tuesday 21 November 2017 lacks significant details. Of concern was that although an Implementation Protocol had been signed between the South…
The Legal Resource Centre has welcomed the judgment handed down earlier this month that affects married transgender people. The Western Cape High Court recently handed down judgment relating to transgender spouses who are married in terms of the Marriages Act 25 of 1961 and have subsequently applied to the Department of Home Affairs to alter their sex descriptor in terms of the Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act 49 of 2003. The Department of Home Affairs refused to amend the sex description of the Legal Resource Centre’s clients, arguing that the existing civil marriages, which are heterosexual, precluded…
Grahamstown Kevin “Soul-Cafe” Daniels won a provincial beauty contest on Saturday 3 November. The event, Mr and Miss Eastern Cape was held at The Athenaeum, a multipurpose creative space in Port Elizabeth. It is an event found through a good cause, as winners are tasked to engage with the community providing a helping hand where it is needed the most. Soul-Cafe is a full time musician, owning his own independent record label. He is also a Radio Grahamstown Friday night presenter and Dj. He has been on a beauty pageants winning streak since high school. According to Soul-Cafe, taking part in…
Videotronics owner Glenn Arthur (left, with some of his staff), said the store needed a new “fresh look and feel” on the outside that is in keeping with the “Church Square Heritage”. They also needed to improve the visibility of the brands for which they are agents, like DSTV, Vodacom and new kid on the block Mixtelematics Tracking System who make the BEAME and Matrix systems. This signage is still to be installed. Photo: Azlan Makalima
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) has announced road closures on the National Route R75 between Despatch and Uitenhage from Monday 18 to Wednesday 20 September 2017. Motorists may consider using the detour to Despatch at the Botha Interchange via Main Road. If the public misses the detour they will have to continue via the R75 or Swartkops Road (R367/M19) to Uitenhage Road where they will be able to enter Despatch. “The road closures are necessary due to the constricted construction area that requires resurfacing. The area that requires resurfacing cannot accommodate both the construction plant and the…
Boon, hoofsanger van die spirituele musiekgroep 2ndLife, se hoendervleismooi rasperstem is die perfekte pasmaat vir die emosiebelaaide lirieke waaruit hulle werk bestaan. Dié duo verower al plaaslike en internasionale harte sedert hulle debuut-album, Everything is Possible, in 2011 uitgereik is en beplan om voort te bou op hierdie sukses met hulle splinternuwe Afrikaanse vrystelling, LEWE. “Die Afrikaanse mark het baie liedjies oor braaivleis, brandewyn, partytjies, sport en liefdesteleurstellings. Ons wou aan Suid-Afrikaners musiek bied wat gaan oor die dieper dinge in die lewe, soos die hemel, onsekerheid, vrees, lewensvrae, die toekoms, geloof, hoop, ensovoorts. Dis ’n kombinasie van lekkerluister- en geestelike musiek…