Author: Busisiwe Hoho

“The future is new media,” Rebecca Wanjiku asserts without the briefest hesitation, as if it wasn't a controversial issue. For a new media writer who realises that many people she encounters “think I'm not a real journalist”, the blogger and Nairobi correspondent for IDG News Service is remarkably self-assured.

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A special municipal council meeting rejected an application for a Makana delegation to attend the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) at the cost of R60 000 a person.

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Women in large numbers from across the Makana area gathered in Salem last week to celebrate the remaining days of Women’s Month in style. They were urged to celebrate their strength and to tackle today’s challenges by being aware of their HIV/Aids status, high blood pressure, diabetes and cervical cancer.

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On Wednesday morning, Timeslive declared that Shamwari Game Reserve was one of a number of prominent properties facing seizure by the Asset Forfeiture Unit in an attempt to clamp down on corruption among senior officials.

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Walki ng into the High Street post office, customers are required to form long queues and wait for extended periods before being served by one of the numerous staff members.

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A workshop to empower residents about criteria for low cost housing was taken over by victims of the 2008 tornado disaster who are still waiting for help from the Eastern Cape government.

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“This is no place for people but a place for ostriches,” says 89-year-old pensioner and resident Snyman Piko, describing life in Glenmore. Piko, who lives with his wife and grandchildren off their pension and child support grants arrived in Glenmore in 1980 with his family from Seven Fountains.

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