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There were fewer support bikers than usual when the Ride for a Child convoy rode into Port Alfred on Sunday, but the fundraising group were still upbeat about their 7,000km trip around South Africa. Ride for a Child was started by…
Following a court order, Ndlambe Municipality has established a permit system for commonage grazing and keeping animals in residential areas, but it has not yet published or posted information about this for the public. In November, the…
An urgent application for an interdict against Rhodes University’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate will be heard on March 1, by agreement between the parties. Makhanda Against Mandates (MAM) was formed shortly after Rhodes introduced the…
Commuters on Albany Road encountered one of the biggest traffic jams in Port Alfred’s history on Wednesday morning due to a cement truck which had toppled at about 10pm on Tuesday night and blocked the road. One of the first residents on…
Once again, it appears as though Ndlambe Municipality is waiting until the last minute before it addresses the ongoing problem of overgrazed commonages and straying livestock. There have been several orders against the municipality in the…
Some of the saddest local news we heard on Monday February 7 was about Centenary Hall in Bathurst being gutted by fire, which started at about 4am. Ndlambe Municipality said the burglar alarm had been activated and Multi Security…
It’s rare that I am able to commend the municipality for something, but this week I want to give a special tip of the hat to community protection services deputy director Fanie Fouche. Yet more evidence that our public drinking problem is…
Concerned parents and other residents will stage a protest tomorrow (Thursday) against Port Alfred High School being used as a Covid-19 vaccination site for both pupils and family members on Friday. Before parents were formally informed…
Ndlambe mayor Siphozaki Dyakala issued the following statement: “As the Mayor of Ndlambe municipality I would like to congratulate the matric class of 2021 who have worked hard regardless of the constraints that they were faced with, with…
Ride for a Child, a 7,000km motorcycle ride around South Africa to help raise funds to pay for surgeries for 1,000 needy children, will pass through Port Alfred on February 27. This will be Pediatric Care Africa’s third Ride for a Child,…
Though most residents have been getting at least a semi-constant supply of municipal water since the good rainfall in the catchment area in December made the Kowie River flow strongly over the Waters Meeting weir, we are still…
The municipality has responded to speculation that a new road was being built in Station Hill overlooking Wharf Street. One of the first residents to question the construction activity was Dave Macgregor, who took a video last Tuesday and…
A visitor to Kelly’s Beach took issue with the posted water temperature of 12.7 degrees Celsius on Monday, saying it could not be that low. Peter Howard first contacted Talk of the Town by phone, then e-mailed a photo of the signboard on…
It’s sad when an owner can no longer keep a pet and it has to be rehomed. Often pets are cruelly abandoned and left to fend for themselves on the streets, but sometimes an owner through circumstance can no longer care for an animal and…
Workers digging a trench to lay internet fibre hit a water mains in Anglers Way, Port Alfred on Thursday morning. Untold thousands of litres of water were lost. In the time Talk of the Town was there no repair crew had yet arrived. We…
