By NYX MCLEAN, Grocott’s Mail engagement editor In a few days, the local government elections will be upon us. Once they pass, we are likely to see a quietening of activity around Makhanda. This is the way of party politics, it seems; one last burst of activity to try and secure votes, and then a simmering down and keeping things ticking over in office. I am not being especially cynical; there is some truth to what I have written. Candidates disappear into the day-to-day administrative work of being in office and remove themselves from the public until the next election…
Author: Nyx Mclean
By NYX MCLEAN, Grocott’s Mail engagement editor Social media has shifted the way we engage with news and other forms of content. Through social media platforms such as Facebook, we read, listen, or watch about the world around us, we react to content, we share content, and sometimes we comment on posts. We can engage ‘live’ with news sources, with audiences, and with other people who are also online with us. Our approach at Grocott’s Mail with our main Facebook page has been to share a snippet of the story with you, and sometimes a little more than that –…
By NYX MCLEAN Some mornings when there is a smidgen of time between the call of my calendar and the relentless Zoom meetings that this COVID world brought with it, I can sit down to an honest to goodness cup of coffee at The Barista. It is one of my favourite coffee places because it has a good balance of caffeine (much needed by this caffeine-based lifeform), morning sun, and a flow of ideas. Oh, and I love their red cups. I am sometimes there when Mo is working; that is the same Mo of “Fun and Health with Mo”…