Dear Editor Twenty days without lights, a hot meal and hot water. That is the reality that has been the daily lived experience of thousands of residents of the collapsing Inxuba Yethemba Municipality. In desperation residents of Cradock and Middelburg have taken to the streets to act against the municipality’s electricity blocking spree due to […]
Voters Betrayed Once Again
Dear Editor The incompetent ANC is once again betraying its voters by focusing on the wrong issues in the build-up to elections, pushing for name changes in the Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality (DBNLM), rather than focusing on real service delivery issues. On Tuesday, 29 August 2023, during a special council meeting, DBNLM councillors were […]
Enoch Mgijima municipality reported to Human Rights Commission
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance is reporting the Enoch Mgijima municipality to the Human Rights Commission for failing the residents of Twinsville and parts of Eluxolweni in Hofmeyr, by depriving them of a reliable supply of water since 2018. Until recent months, the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality carted water to these communities in trucks, but […]
Tarkastad needs a DA champion in the Enoch Mgijima municipality
Dear Editor The once beautiful town of Tarkastad in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has fallen victim to a corrupt and uncaring government over the decades. Basic services have all but collapsed in this little Karoo town. Sewage leaks, potholes, broken streetlights and illegal dumping are, unfortunately, the norm in this once pristine town. […]
Celebrating Our Favourite Hero’s This Father’s Day
Precious memories of dad can be traced back to the very beginning, with them bouncing us on their sturdy shoulders as kids and then ferrying us between sports practices, after-school clubs, and parties as teens. A silent source of strength and fiercely protective – they are the ultimate advice providers, givers of the most comforting […]
Dream, Believe, Achieve
Mountain Zebra National Park (MZNP) outside Cradock hosted 15 girls from three local high schools under the theme “Dream, Believe, Achieve” on Thursday 29 May. It formed part of the countrywide, annual “Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day” initiative. The main objective of the day was to expose the learners to the […]
Family, Fun and… Biltong
Come hang with us at the Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival. Fun and entertainment for the whole family. With winter knocking on our doors, the Karoo is preparing itself for two days of dance, music, stalls, and of course… Biltong. Somerset East’s 24th Biltong Festival will be held on the 18th and 19th of […]
Rocklands Girls High 1970 -71
In ’70 and 71 I taught Home Economics at what was then Rocklands Girls High. I’m delighted to see that there will be a Food festival from 20 – 22 March and I intend coming up for the occasion. Are there any ex-pupils still in the area? Waar is julle? I would love to meet […]
Cradock Crash – How Twitter Reacted
School principal among 16 killed in Cradock bus crash owl.li/coU9e — mailandguardian (@mailandguardian) July 21, 2012 At least 18 dead, 25 injured when two buses collide head-on near #Cradock, South Africa ow.ly/coT5X — CTVNews (@CTVNews) July 21, 2012 There were more people killed in yesterday’s tragic school bus accident in Cradock than in the Colorado […]
President sends condolences to families of E Cape crash victims
President Jacob Zuma has extended his condolences to the people of the Eastern Cape and the families of the 18 people who died during an accident outside Cradock in the Eastern Cape on Saturday. According to reports, two buses collided on the R61 between Cradock and Graaf-Reinet. One of the buses was transporting school children […]
Condolences for E Cape horror crash victims’ families
The Eastern Cape MEC for Transport, Roads and Public Works, Thandiswa Marawu, has extended government’s condolences to the families of those killed in the horrific bus crash on Saturday morning on the R61 between Cradock and Graaf Reinet. “On behalf of the provincial government, I would like to convey our message of condolences to the […]
DA condolences for victims of Cradock Primary School taxi accident
Dear Editor I would like to express my shock and deepest sympathy on behalf of the Democratic Alliance with the families of the victims of Saturday morning’s accident on the R61 outside Cradock in which a school principal, two learners and 13 passengers of a minibus taxi from Mthatha were killed. Our hearts and prayers […]