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From Wednesday, approved social relief of distress grant recipients can collect their R350 grants from chain stores Pick n Pay and Boxer Stores. SA Post Office spokesperson Johan Kruger this week, however, said those collecting their…
AMANDA NANO An existing boom gate controlling access to Nahoon Reef and Nahoon Corner must be put into action, says Nahoon DA councillor Jason McDowell. McDowell has asked Buffalo City Metro council to do this to ease traffic congestion…
BCM traffic and law enforcement superintendent of driving licences, Melanie Canestra-Hill, has seen her passion and dedication for her job rewarded, having moved steadily up the ladder in a male-dominated occupation. She displayed this…
ZBF hands out meals to those in need in Zwelitsha The Zwelitsha Business Forum is providing food to homes in need during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Working hand-in-hand with ward committees and other stakeholders, the non-profit…
Zwelitsha-born trio Bongolethu Mduba, Buzwe Lindi and Xolani Mnyaka have taken it upon themselves to assist their community during the Covid-19 pandemic by setting up a relief fund. The Zwelitsha Relief Fund was launched last Friday, and…
In a statement issued by health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Sunday evening, confirmed positive COVID-19 cases have risen to 3,158. Mkhize reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths, to bring the toll to 54. These occurred in Western…
EL’s College Street assists special needs pupils Even Autism Awareness Month, which takes place over the month of April, has been left affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. East London’s College Street Primary School was set to host their…
A desperate student said “it’s painful how people are treating us, meanwhile there are students who are starving”. The student, who is at the Lovedale TVET College Zwelitsha campus, and who wished to remain anonymous, said the students…
Grant recipients queue up and shop, while SPAR puts up screens Snaking queues, masks, gloves and some nonadherence to social distancing were some of the scenes in King William’s Town recently as many grant recipients shopped despite the…
KWT GP’s breathing ‘getting better’ in isolation ward, after he was moved out of ICU King William’s Town is the latest town to be hit by the novel coronavirus, with popular general practitioner Dr Sizwe Mxenge recently testing positive.…
A total of 34 people have died from the novel coronavirus as the positive cases climb to 2,506. Six of the seven deaths occurred in Kwa-Zulu Natal, with one in Gauteng. On Tuesday, positive COVID-19 cases stood at 2,415. Health minister…
Five community builders vying for Tammy Taylor Mrs SA crown Five beautiful Eastern Cape women have been chosen as semifinalists in the Tammy Taylor Mrs South Africa pageant, and are wasting no time in using their talents to make a…
Greensleeves can’t pay staff, afford running cost While the country grapples with the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown, East London based NGO Greensleeves Children’s Trust is feeling the pinch. Greensleeves founder Dianne Lehy said staff…
Mike Webb, affectionately known as the Pink Fairy, is organising a unique fundraiser for the King William’s Town SPCA on Saturday. Webb was supposed to participate in the Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday in Cape Town but due to the ongoing…
Hampers for newborns bring both joy and relief East London retirees Klaus and Jenny Rodemann are doing their bit to help new mothers at Frere Hospital maternity ward by providing them with baby hampers. “We heard that some babies leave…
