The Department of Education hosted their Achievers Awards for the Grahamstown District at the Settlers Monument on November 24.
Author: _Gr0cCc0Tts_
In the past three months, fires have destroyed the homes of 15 families in separate incidents across Grahamstown. Makana Municipality informed Grahamstown Red Cross chairperson Annerie Wolmarans of the incidents in an attempt to get assistance for the families.
Thursday 1 December morning two men were arrested in possession of cocaine worth an estimated R630 000 at a vehicle checkpoint outside Grahamstown.
Power utility Eskom has threatened to disconnect the electricity supply to Makana Municipality should the latter fail to stick to its existing payment plan; however, the municipality has devised a new plan to pay the Eskom debt to the tune of R58 million.
Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell on Saturday applauded the defensive effort of his Blitzboks team at the Emirates Dubai Sevens, where the team won the Cup final 26-14 in Dubai.
The US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) has committed to providing $24 million (R336 million) to accelerate medical male circumcision (MMC) efforts in South Africa over the next five years.
A Grahamstown couple who were touched by the plight of destitute families in and around their area have decided to raise funds to get the struggling families closer to help by organising a benefit concert.
Pro Carmine choir is offering a welcome drink and mince pie to everyone attending their annual end-of-year concert tomorrow, November 30, which once again is being held in aid of the Grocott’s Mail Christmas Cheer Fund.
The Christmas holidays are about to start and the festive traffic will begin to build as people hurry to join their families or get to their seaside destinations.
Tshilidze “Chilli” Matshidzula, the award-winning dairy farmer from Alexandria, had the 20 participants of the Thabiso Life Skills Course at the Assumption Development Centre in Joza enthralled by what he has managed to achieve in the last 10 years as an emerging farmer, when he spoke to the group recently.