The Boardwalk is calling Port Elizabeth crafters, creatives and producers to showcase and sell their flower related, garden, pottery and homeware products at The Boardwalk retail area on the 3rd of September 2016 from 10am-5pm, in celebration of Spring. Allocated display space is free, and will be provided on a first come first served basis. Bookings essential via: amanda.nojoko@suninternational.com/ 0415077972 … [Read more...] about Free Space for Crafters
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PE in the news: Free attendance to Cape Town SMME Opportunity Roadshow
Free attendance to Cape Town SMME Opportunity Roadshow: Registration is still open for the final SMME Opportunity Roadshow of 2016, which will take place on 16 November at the Boardwalk Hotel & Conference Centre in Port Elizabeth. To register, click here, select Cape Town, and a free registration will be ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. IDC, BAIC set to unveil plans for new Eastern Cape auto plant: The development financier will host its annual results presentation at the Coega … [Read more...] about PE in the news: Free attendance to Cape Town SMME Opportunity Roadshow
Free our people
Free our people: The time has come for Kouga residents to sit up and notice as the newly proposed ward candidates for ward 4 and 5 are made known. Since the adoption of democracy in 1994, the ANC has ruled this municipal region with the DA as the official opposition. However,things for the coloured communities of ward 4 and 5 has gone from bad to worse and as a result, these residents have lost their faith in the ruling party and thus, five years ago, they elected two DA councillors to serve in … [Read more...] about Free our people
How to take free public higher education from pipe dream to reality
How to take free public higher education from pipe dream to reality: Students have been agitating for an end to public university fees in South Africa. Nic Bothma/EPAUniversities are any nation’s key public institutions of knowledge development. They drive research, teach students and supervise postgraduates. By producing and disseminating knowledge, universities can fulfil their mandate as institutions of social, economic, cultural and intellectual development for democratic societies and the … [Read more...] about How to take free public higher education from pipe dream to reality
The Color Run and Lusapho April
International champion marathon runner Lusapho April, from Uitenhage, shares his passion for running, inspiring people and giving back, and tells us why the people of PE should be supporting The Color Run and Capitec Live Better movement on 12 June at the Boardwalk Complex. Hint: it's for a great local cause. (Scroll down to win 2 double tickets to the Color Run) 1. We hear you are a big supporter of The Color Run - the "happiest 5k on earth" - in Port Elizabeth on 12 June. What appeals … [Read more...] about The Color Run and Lusapho April
Feel Free in Nelson Mandela Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Feel Free in Nelson Mandela Bay by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: I was looking for a video to post for today's Video Friday post and found a little bit of nostalgia for me. I worked for Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism from 2008 to 2014 and when I started there this video was the destination marketing video used to promote the city. I think it dates back to probably 2006 which means it's about 10 years old. It was replaced by a … [Read more...] about Feel Free in Nelson Mandela Bay – Featured Blog
Win Double Tickets to PE’s Colour Run
The 'Happiest 5k on the planet' returns to Port Elizabeth on 12 June 2016 and MyPE is giving away FIVE Double Tickets (tickets are R250.00 each). The start is at 10:00 am from the Boardwalk Festival Lawns. To qualify for a Double Ticket use the form below to supply your details and reasons why we should choose you and upload a selfie of yourself in your pristine white runners outfit aka 'Before The Color'. Winners will be chosen using non scientific methods, with bit of bone throwing … [Read more...] about Win Double Tickets to PE’s Colour Run
Deepening inequality is the high price students will pay for free education
Deepening inequality is the high price students will pay for free education by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: Students have been steadfast in their demands of universities and the South African government. But what might the unintended consequences be? Nic Bothma/EPAUniversity students have scored some massive victories since “fees must fall” entered South Africa’s lexicon. They have secured more government funding for fees. They have forced universities to address a complex range of … [Read more...] about Deepening inequality is the high price students will pay for free education
South African ‘born free’ students see the world through the prism of race
South African 'born free' students see the world through the prism of race by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Articles: Racial tensions are becoming increasingly common among South African university students. EPAF A university rugby match degenerated into on-field brawls between black and white students. White Afrikaans-speaking students and black students traded blows over the University of Pretoria’s language policy. Some people are astonished that this is happening nearly 22 years … [Read more...] about South African ‘born free’ students see the world through the prism of race
And the free goodies mount up – free Wi-Fi of 100mb per day
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has invested R6 million towards the rollout of free public Wi-Fi in the Eastern Cape. "We have already connected in Korsten, the licensing department, the Customer Care Centre and the Public Library to free Wi-Fi," Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Siyabonga Cwele, said on Friday. Speaking during the launch at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, the Minister said the rollout of the free public Wi-Fi affirms … [Read more...] about And the free goodies mount up – free Wi-Fi of 100mb per day
Government Free School – Editors Pic
This image is from the MyPE Editor's Flickr Account - offering some topical daily images from a phone smarter than Alan, occasional images from a DSLR and scanned images of Port Elizabeth as he wanders around the Bay pretending to know a lot and sometimes succeeding in making a complete hash of it! Government Free School Image by awstraton The first Government Free School in Port Elizabeth was established in Chapel Street. It was here that the settler's children received their education … [Read more...] about Government Free School – Editors Pic
Free workshop on winning tenders
A free workshop on how to prepare winning tenders will be hosted at the Propella Innovation Hub in Humerail, on Wednesday, March 30 from nine in the morning till one in the afternoon. Ed Richardson, who has been part of the winning team for a number of multi million rand tenders and projects in the Eastern Cape and the rest of South Africa will be facilitating the workshop. "The secret to compiling winning tenders and proposals is to have the right systems in place," says … [Read more...] about Free workshop on winning tenders
Free online creativity resources
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) urges conference delegates, and those interested in how creativity intersects with everyday life, to take advantage of their online library, which showcases interdisciplinary papers, research and projects. As the 2016 ACT | UJ Arts & Culture Conference draws nearer, those able to attend, and even those who cannot, are able to tuck into the theme #creativeintersections by engaging with papers and projects by a multitude of thought leaders and researchers, … [Read more...] about Free online creativity resources
Media #RaceFreeMonth – Challenge Accepted
South Africa is a country extremely sensitive to race. Race is what divides us according to who we associate with, where we live, who we vote for and our immediate first impressions of people that we deal with. All South Africans carry the baggage of a devastating shared past that continues to be a huge stumbling block to the success of an incredible nation. For decades we were conditioned to think in terms of our skin colour. Apartheid preached that persons of colour were inferior. Such … [Read more...] about Media #RaceFreeMonth – Challenge Accepted
I Wanna Break Free! – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: I Wanna Break Free! by BrainStorms - Ed Lunnon's Blog: A NORAD military blimp, the size of a football field, has broken free from its tether in Maryland USA. It is now somewhere over Pennsylvania, dragging its tether cable along the geound, and cutting off electricity to thousands of homes. Watch CNN for breaking news. It is now on the ground! (22h00 Gmt +2) Read more here: BrainStorms - Ed Lunnon's … [Read more...] about I Wanna Break Free! – Featured Blog
