Archives for 2 July 2018

Bhisho news: 3 Bedroom House On Auction in Bhisho Central

3 Bedroom House On Auction in Bhisho Central: The home offers 3 bedroom with laminate flooring and built in cupboards, family bathroom that is beautifully tiled, kitchen with built in cupboards and lounge. Property is fully walled and secured with burglar bars and gates. Tunnel garage for extra parking. Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. Zolani Mahola Biography - Age, Husband: Zolani Mahola is a well known South African actress and singer born on July 19, 1981 in Bhisho, capital of the province of Eastern Cape, South Africa. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mahola, with Freshlyground and Shakira, …

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Uitenhage in the news: Health workers strike for safer working conditions

Health workers strike for safer working conditions: Patients went untreated at Leatitia Bam Health Centre in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage on Monday morning as health workers went on strike. The workers are demanding that better safety measures be implemented at the centre. “Tools down until the security guards ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. VW's evergreen Golf celebrates 40 years in SA: Uitenhage - Incredible though it may sound the Volkswagen Golf, in all its many iterations, has been a part of the South African motoring landscape for 40 years this year. The original Golf, now known as the …

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Mastertons Coffee and Tea Specialists in collaboration with Chipembere Rhino Foundation will award one lucky coffee-loving rhino supporter an all-expenses paid* trip to Hillsnek Safari Camp. – MyPR.co.za

Mastertons Coffee and Tea Specialists in collaboration with Chipembere Rhino Foundation will award one lucky coffee-loving rhino supporter an all-expenses paid* trip to Hillsnek Safari Camp.: Mastertons Chipembere Competition advert This July sees the launch of a national campaign to drive sales of the #roastedforacause coffee blend. For every 250g bag of Mastertons Chipembere Rhino Blend purchased, R5 is donated to the Chipembere Rhino Foundation (CRF) to aid their rhino conservation efforts. The campaign is a national competition whereby entrants need to purchase a promotional coffee pack …

PE Business in the news: Get impatient and contracts-hungry business forums to join you

Promote your business on BuyPE and MyPR. Get impatient and contracts-hungry business forums to join you: Eight months later, he landed a three-year contract to clean aircraft at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth airports. In 10 short years, Sebola has built the Rainbow Group into a successful business that empowers thousands of people at its various subsidiary ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" business - BingNews. Premier calls for more Mthatha flights: Masualle said if there were flights to East London and Port Elizabeth, travelling time could be slashed to only 35 minutes. “Some business people …

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Wildsfees Accommodation Scam Uncovered

Kirkwood Wildsfees director Jenni Honsbein said today: The management team of the Kirkwood Wildsfees has been alerted by the Kirkwood police and visitors to an alleged online accommodation scam which affected people from as far afield as Polokwane to the north and Worcester to the south. The person against whom charges are reportedly being laid is not a member of the Wildsfees team. She is and was never an agent for the Wildsfees. No accommodation is booked through the Wildsfees offices, and there are, therefore, no agents for the Wildsfees or Sundays River Tourism, whose offices are …

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We chat to Mike McNaughton of the Kelston Motor Group

Mike McNaughton is a Director of the Kelston Motor Group - Kelston is an independent Motor Group representing a number of brands across the country. In the stable of the Kelston Group are Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Toyota, Citroen, Mahindra, FAW and Peugeot Motor Car Dealerships. Mike has been involved in business for 40 years and his initial schooling was at Grey Junior followed by Muir College when the family moved to Uitenhage. Mike remembers fondly his time spent in his Father, Des' Uitenhage business, Algoa Retreaders where Mike balanced tyres and did general work from Standard 6 …

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From Grahamstown to Makhanda

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has announced the name change for Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape in the Government Gazette. “It is the Truth & Reconciliation Commission that recommended that the renaming of geographic features be a form of ‘symbolic reparation’ to address an unjust past. These reparations include changing the names of geographical places,” the Minister said in a statement on Monday. Grahamstown, also affectionately known as the City of Saints, will be renamed after Xhosa warrior Makhanda, who was also known as Nxele. Makhanda was a philosopher, prophet …

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R1,2 billion Eastern Cape looting may implicate Western Cape

Dear MyPE It is gravely concerning to learn that National State-Owned Enterprise, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC), which has been tasked with the upgrading of 12 small boat harbours in the Western Cape at a cost of R400 million, has been allegedly implicated in the looting of R1,6 billion from the Eastern Cape province as outlined in a City Press exposé yesterday, 1 July 2018. I will be writing to the National Minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi, to determine what checks and balances his Department will undertake to ensure that the CDC spends its R400 million budget …

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Mthatha news: Premier calls for more Mthatha flights

Premier calls for more Mthatha flights: Eastern Cape premier Phumulo Masualle wants more flights for Mthatha Airport. Despite the government pumping more than R700-million into revamping the facility in the last five years, including a 3km runway to accommodate larger aircraft and a state-of-the ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Airshow gives flight to dreams of exciting career choices: Scores of pupils were taken on a roller-coaster ride of emotions on Saturday as they watched talented pilots perform logic-defying manoeuvres and breathtaking stunts as part of the second annual air show …

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Sovereign Foods admitted to “Proudly South African” Hall of Fame on 70th Birthday

Port Elizabeth, 02 July 2018: Uitenhage-based Sovereign Foods, South Africa’s third largest poultry producer and one of Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s largest food manufacturing firms and employers, has received the highest honour of South Africanness on the 70th year of its existence. “We are pleased to announce that our company was rigorously assessed by and admitted to the Proudly South African league which celebrates organisations with the highest standards and compliance in relation to local content, fair labour practices, sound environmental standards, and product quality,” announced …

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First commercial radio station in SA to drop WhatsApp

Marna Haskins, Alfie Jay and Nadia Pieterse

Eastern Cape – based Algoa FM is the first commercial radio station in South Africa to actively replace WhatsApp with Telegram for instant messaging from its listeners. Processing more than 15 billion messages per day from more than 250 million users worldwide, Telegram is growing exponentially and is believed to be gaining on WhatsApp. Algoa FM, which is the 2018 Liberty Radio Awards Commercial Radio Station of the year, made the switch because of the limitations of WhatsApp, according to operations director Alfie Jay. “WhatsApp doesn’t allow for the storage of messages from users …

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DA calls for R1,6-billion special audit report to be tabled in the Legislature

Dear MyPE According to a City Press report over the weekend, three reports compiled by National Treasury’s Special Audit Services reveal that between 2011 and 2017, R 1,6-billion was stolen from the people of the Eastern Cape. This money was originally earmarked for mobile classrooms, roads and social housing, but instead found its way to the pockets of officials to buy fancy cars, smart clothes and for wining and dining at expensive restaurants. This is where the money went while the people of the Eastern Cape suffer. The province has the highest unemployment rate in the country; …

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Thinking of going into franchising?

A lot has been said about franchising being one of the resilient sectors in our economy as it contributes approximately 13,3% to South Africa’s GDP. Thus, people might consider the route of owning a franchise in their entrepreneurial journey. Morne Cronje, Head of Franchising at FNB Business says, “Franchising has a lot of advantages than starting a business from the ground up as the failure rate in franchising is less than 10% compared to the high failure rate of traditional start-up businesses.” Cronje shares the following factors that should be considered when going into …

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Grahamstown in the news: A night to remember with SA’s jazz royalty

A night to remember with SA’s jazz royalty: It sounds like a match made in heaven, and seeing it happen on Saturday afternoon in Grahamstown, one wondered why it hadn’t happened sooner. They both have considerable credentials. Zenzi is the granddaughter of Miriam Makeba. Instead of falling under ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. Jazz virtuosos Zenzi Makeba Lee and Amanda Tiffin impress at #NAF18: Zenzi Makeba Lee and Amanda Tiffin have talked of performing together for years, and on Saturday they made up a formidable partnership in just one of a diuverse set of musical performances all …

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40 years of Golf in South Africa

The Volkswagen Golf Mk1 was launched in Europe in 1974 as a successor to the iconic Beetle. Four years later, the front-wheel-drive hatch back, arrived in South Africa. In 2018, the Golf celebrates 40 years in South Africa. Design work on the Golf began in 1971, with production starting in Germany in March 1974 and deliveries to customers commencing in June 1974. After 31 months in production the Mk1 had already sold 1 million units and its success would continue in South Africa where the hatch back was launched in May 1978. Production in Uitenhage started with 65 units a day with a …

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PE in the news: Premier calls for more Mthatha flights

Premier calls for more Mthatha flights: But Masualle has demanded that flights to East London, Port Elizabeth and other provinces be added. Addressing hundreds of people, among them Eastern Cape transport MEC Weziwe Tikana, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Fikile Xasa and King ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. WATCH: Ambulance crew escapes attempted hijacking: In March, an ambulance crew attending to a woman who was giving birth was robbed at gunpoint in Port Elizabeth. A surge in attacks on ambulance workers has led to parts of Cape Town being declared danger …

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Jumping for joy

Jumping for joy at the #Wildsfees2018 in Kirkwood. This young lady was shrieking with delight. #kirkwood #fun #bungie #play #fun #alanstraton - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. …

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#Wildsfess2018 Wine Girls

#wildsfess2018 Wine Girls from Van Loveren - the wine tasting playground for Over 18's was VERY well patronised .... #wine #festival #kirkwood #alanstraton #winetasting #mype - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. …

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