A municipal worker was killed and seven others injured when a vehicle transporting them to work veered out of control and plunged down a steep embankment outside Grahamstown this morning, Monday 3 February.
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Power cuts were followed by water outages after a storm struck Grahamstown and its surrounds in the late afternoon of Saturday 1 February.
The new state-of-the-art Joza police finally saw action for the first time on Friday 31 January. Police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said the R75 million building opened its doors at 6pm on Friday night.
"We can only celebrate Madiba's life by daily living his values and ideals, which will make our world a better place to live in," Makana Mayor Zamuxolo Peter said in a media release this morning.
Social worker Teniel Carter called upon the residents of the coloured area to unite and march to the Albany Road recreation hall to tackle the violence and drug abuse that haunts the community.
Business people operating between High and New streets are getting fed up of recurring power cuts that keep happening without any warning from the municipality. Some shops were without electricity for two days last week.
The police bomb squad is at Tata bottle store in Dr Jacob Zuma Drive, where robbers blew up a cash safe and hijacked a vehicle for their getaway early on Thursday 28 November.
Durban-based guitar duo The Hinds Brothers played songs from their freshly released debut album Ocean of Milk at the Lowlander on Monday 25 November.
Makana employees concerned that cash flow problems in the municipality would mean that their salaries are paid late again can relax.
Lisa Maholo dreams of not only making life better for her family, but her community as a whole.