As residents of Kei Mouth and Morgan Bay (Gxarha) continued to pick up the pieces after last week’s devastating storm, it emerged there was plenty of damage further inland as well. The Amathole District Municipality (ADM) has appealed to the human settlements department for help with more than 200 families who were left homeless.
Local athletes have rallied behind two of the Eastern Cape’s top runners Malixole Kalideni and Yanga Malusi who have been given a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to the prestigious TCS London Marathon, taking place in the UK in April.The 42.165km route includes London’s landmarks like Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf and had 48,000 participants in 2023.
Excitement was in the air at East London’s Hemingways Mall on Friday as shoppers cashed in on the many Black Friday deals on offer. At midday, scores of customers were observed clutching bags filled with clothing and shoes and pushing trolleys packed to the brim with bulk grocery purchases. The end-of-the-month haul had an added sense of excitement as people, newspaper catalogues held up to their faces, navigated the aisles in search of discounted items, sometimes inadvertently bumping into .
Mdantsane-born actress Hilary Ijieh, 26, moved to LA to pursue a career in acting, and for the last two months has been scaring tourists at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights. The master’s graduate covered herself in fake blood, makeup and torn costumes, swapping between scare sets anything to make it in the cut-throat American film industry.