Saturdays in Station Hill will never be the same if its livewires have their way. Reigniting community pride, the hands-on strategy by a group of parents to improve the neighbourhood and engage young people got off to an impressive start…
In the time this writer has been editing Talk of the Town there have been numerous community clean-ups, some of which Talk of the Town has initiated and participated in. For several consecutive years our Mandela Day project was a beach…
Late, last Thursday afternoon, the Port Alfred Lions Club once again packed their gloves and plastic bags on-board the Integrity barge for a Kowie River clean-up. This is just one of many occasions the Lions have ventured out to keep the…
LOOKING AFTER THE RIVER: Volunteers on the river cruise barges Integrity and Cunny Kla Nie carried out a Kowie River clean-up last Thursday afternoon, focusing on a section of the river just past the last houses at Centenary Park. They…
It was not planned, but was a timely convergence of ideas, that the plastic waste collection and recycling project in Boknes was launched at the same time we asked our recent Facebook question – if readers feel enough is being done to…
Taking up the theme, Plastic Our Enemy, the Alexandria Women’s Agricultural Association (WAA) launched a project on Thursday August 15 to keep Boknes Beach clean. The WAA unveiled a large galvanised steel fish that has specifically been…
Walking along the sand, from Richards Bay to Port Nolloth, Stephan Graunke is cleaning up the beaches and would like people to join him and assist in making things a little better for everyone. “My walk has not entirely inspired people…
Talk of the Town, Rosehill SuperSpar and Nemato Spar have teamed up for a clean-up on March 8 that will tackle the areas around four township schools. The clean-was organised by Ward 6 councillor MK Raco and TotT staff member Adele Steck,…
The Port Alfred Lions Club joined forces with the Port Alfred Ski-boat Club and other members of the public to conduct what has become a quarterly river clean-up of the Kowie River. They set out in three barges on Saturday and working…
When colleague Adele Steck first touted the idea of a clean-up around the Port Alfred Duck Pond, I admit I was sceptical. The idea originated when, during a Tittle Tattle Live broadcast at the robots, I noted the amount of litter on the…
ROB KNOWLES and TK MTIKI IT has been a tough year for many South Africans, and specifically, those living in the drought-stricken and impoverished Eastern Cape, but many showed their mettle on Mandela Day by giving of themselves for just…
