The Rotary Club of Grahamstown recently donated 80 new reference books to four primary schools in Grahamstown: Tantyi Public School, Fikizolo Primary School, Grahamstown SDA School, and George Dickerson Primary. The books were generously provided by the Rotary Club of Northampton Becket in the UK. Photo supplied
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In Makhanda (Grahamstown) you can leave home in the morning dressed for a scarf-hugging 9C and walk home in the afternoon shedding layers under a hot summer sun that’s baked the roads hot enough to melt the tar around the edge of the potholes. In winter, most household electricity bills surge by 30-40% as heaters get turned on for comfort on cold nights, and in summer the air buzzes with fans and aircons. With Eskom getting Nersa’s blessing to increase tariffs an average of 5.23% for direct customers and 7.32% for municipalities (who add their commission to that) it’s time…
By MAKANA COMMUNICATIONS Makana Local Municipality is embarking on the first phase of its Roads Rehabilitation Programme with the R10 million funding sourced from the Municipal Infrastructure Services Agent (MISA). For this project, MISA has appointed Mamlambo Construction Company for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the three main roads within the CBD: Somerset, Huntley and High streets. The contractor is already on site and the project commenced on Monday 15 October 2018. It’s anticipated it will be completed by 6 December 2018. The project will be carried out similar to the way the Beaufort Street upgrade was managed. At a…
By THOBANI MESANI More than 800 well trained Rhodes University students volunteered weekly in 76 community partner organisations, during 2018, making a meaningful contribution in the areas of academic support (mentoring and tutoring), sports coaching, wellness interventions, food security, IT support and leadership programmes. It was to celebrate this that earlier this month the Rhodes University Community Engagement (RUCE) Division held an awards and gala dinner to celebrate and acknowledge students and partner organisations who have made remarkable contributions within the Makhanda (Grahamstown) community. A further 820 students have been involved through their disciplines in the various academic departments. This means that over 20% of…
Victims of Crime Survey results released by Statistics South Africa this week indicate that aggregate crime levels in the period 2017/18 increased as compared to 2016/17. It is estimated that over 1.5 million incidences of household crime occurred in South Africa in 2017/18, an increase of 5% compared to the previous year. Incidences of crime on individuals are estimated to be over 1,6 million, an increase of 5% from the previous year. According to the report, aggregate household crime levels increased in Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga. Individual crime levels increased in Free State, North West and Gauteng.…
For 12 days starting 17 Wednesday, the United Nations will call on decision makers from more than 190 countries to step up efforts to halt the biodiversity loss and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billions of people. The UN Biodiversity Conference (14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity – COP 14) will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The UN Biodiversity Conference is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and advances implementation of the Convention through the decisions it takes at its periodic…
By DEBBIE SMUTS The Rotary Club of Grahamstown Sunset will join thousands of Rotary Clubs across the world to mark historic progress toward a polio-free world on World Polio Day on 24 October. The day will see millions of Rotarians reaching out to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio – a vaccine preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today. Poliomyelitis (polio) is a paralysing and potentially fatal disease. The poliovirus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age but mainly affects children under five. Polio is incurable,…
Hi-Tec Security, has announced it is now offering an artificial intelligence based CCTV surveillance system that’s more discerning about what objects and human behaviours are most likely to be a threat. “Avlytics offers true verification for alarm conditions,” said Hi-Tec Security spokesperson Billy Butters. “The system is able to distinguish between human presence, animals, vehicles or background. Butters said the Avlytics monitoring system effectively offers clients “eyes on site” at business premises, homes, shopping centres, housing complexes and in other situations. The system enables clients to personalise their monitoring packages, Butters said. “The Standard Service includes virtual control room monitoring with…
A teenage girl was found unharmed in a vehicle stolen during a farm robbery near Fort Beaufort on Monday 15 October. The incident took place at Doringkloof, near Fort Beaufort, police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said. “An unknown number of robbers entered the farm premises and kidnapped a young woman with two farm vehicles and several other items from the home before fleeing. “The young woman, who was found unharmed in one of the vehicles, received trauma counselling. The second vehicle and several items were recovered.” Specialist investigators were still at the scene until late yesterday and a case of house robbery…
Ticks can be a big problem in our pets and other animals such as Horses, Donkey’s and Cattle especially during the hot months and after rainfall. They can causes serious diseases such as Billary. These nasty critters can also cause skin infections and discomfort. Tick and flea control products can be brought from your vet and should be used as per instructions and on the advice of a veterinarian. You can also utilize the dip bath here at the SPCA for a small donation and also at Grahamstown Vets and dip can be purchased from the Clinic at the SPCA.…