A truckdriver who said he had been hijacked at gunpoint on the N2 near Bluewater Bay, Port Elizabeth, in the early hours of Saturday and robbed of an R800 000 load of liquor has been arrested. The 30-year-old man was detained by the provincial Organised Crime Unit for theft, and making a false statement under oath and theft, in terms of the contravention of the Commissioner of Justice and Oaths Act, Section 9. Police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said the man had told police that on 12 May 2018, around 3.30am, he was hijacked at gunpoint by unknown males on…
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Members of the public are invited to a showcase of young musicians from schools in Grahamstown and surrounding areas at the fifth Saint Andrew’s College and Diocesan School for Girls’ Music Festival from 15-18 May. The festival is a platform for music students to perform in a non-competitive environment. Ensembles, orchestras and marimba bands will share their music with their peers and the public. Organisers say a record number of 108 solo entries, ranging from beginner to advanced students from different schools have been received. Renowned Marimba soloist Magdalena de Vries will be the visiting artist. She will perform in the Beethoven Room…
I write to know when the councill will deliver services to the poor residents and community of Makana. Our municipality continues to collect revenue from the poor people of Makana and yet there is no service delivery rendered to them. Our roads are deteriorating every day. Our cars are getting damaged every day, people replace car partsdaily without compensation. Communities go out without water twice or three days a week without being informed and no courtesy to supply them with water or deliver water to entire affected areas using the trucks. Streets are very dirty. Residents of Ext 4 and…
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is delighted and proud of its Traffic Department for its excellent services which has led to it being nominated as one of the best amongst its counterparts. The BCMM Traffic Services was nominated as a finalist at the 4th Annual Transport awards ceremony in the event hosted by the Honourable Transport Minister recently. Representing the Eastern Cape, the Traffic Services Department received a certificate as a finalist for the Best improved Driving License testing Centre In transport The BCMM Traffic Services is nationally renowned for its hard work and this accolade will go a long way…
The new Volkswagen Arteon The totally newly developed Volkswagen Arteon model emphasises emotionality in the premium class. In addition to a new and emotive outline, VW has with the Arteon, also introduced a highly expressive, horizontally accentuated brand look. The bars of the radiator grille extend into the three-dimensional front headlights, while LED lighting elements additionally emphasise the striking layout and demonstrate dominance. The five-door gran tourismo impresses through revolutionary design and great practical value in use. While the doors’ frameless windows reflect the typical stylistic elements of a grand tourer, the top-hinged and wide-opening tailgate provides optimum access to…
A breakthrough energy project, a minigrid generating 75 kilowatts of energy, driven by the Eastern Cape government and its German Lower Saxony government counterpart, is set to bring development opportunities to a remote village of Upper Blinkwater forward by a decade. At the celebration this week, Eastern Cape premier Phumulo Masaulle and Germany Lower Saxony State prime minister Stephan Weil explained the project is the first of its kind in terms of the technical and institutional model for rural electrification in South Africa. The flagship project of the twinning arrangement between the two governments which is expected to bring about…
Cabinet has welcomed the successful pilot roll-out of the new South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) cards at selected post offices in the Western Cape. The cards allow social grant beneficiaries to swap existing cards for the new South African Post Office (SAPO)-SASSA Postbank cards. The new SAPO card replaces the old SASSA card and will be used for payment and withdrawal of social grants from May 2018. The SAPO cards have been distributed nationwide from 17 April to all beneficiaries of social grants receiving cash payments at pay points and merchants (e.g. ShopRite, Boxer Supermarket etc.) It is envisaged…
David Gongqose and two other fishermen from Hobeni, Dwesa-Cwebe in the Eastern Cape last week asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to find unlawful the 2000 declaration of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) along their coastline without consultation or consideration of their customary fishing rights. The closure of the coastline robbed the community of its main source of food and livelihood, the men, who were represented by the Legal Resources Centre, argued on Friday 4 May. The case arose when Gongqose and two others entered Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve (land transferred in ownership to the communities in terms of a restitution agreement…
The 2018 World Media Economic and Management Conference kicked off in Cape Town on Sunday, where the world’s leading scholars of media business and media management have gathered to discuss issues affecting the media industry. The global media summit comes at a time where the current policies of the media industry are being questioned with calls for regulation increasing. The Cambridge Analytica saga has put the spotlight on tech giants and how much control they have over the information we consume as audience. Director of the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership at Rhodes University, Francis Mdlongwa, believes it is…
The National Arts Festival’s Arena is a special section of the programme reserved for works that have previously won a Standard Bank Ovation Award, a Cape Town Fringe Fresh Award, or a recognised international Fringe award. The Artistic Committee Member for the Arena programme, Tracey Saunders, says “While the Main programme is the holy grail and the Fringe is where you take a leap of faith, the Arena occupies a liminal space, not here, not there but a magical place where discoveries are made. “Having proved their mettle on the Fringe the works on the Arena have been selected for their…