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Two die in R72 crash

TRIGGER WARNING: (EDITED) PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE Two people died and three sustained injuries, in a head-on collision on the R72 opposite Port Alfred’s Rosehill Mall on Tuesday November 14. Department…

The police roadblock set up just outside Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) which caught four armed robbery suspects who robbed a clothing store at Rosehill Mall. Picture supplied

Four armed robbers arrested within two hours of robbing a store in Port Alfred

Shortly after 10am this morning the Multi Security control room was notified of an armed robbery that just took place at a clothing store at Rosehill Mall. A response team was immediately dispatched to scene where it was reported that…

CHARITABLE CAUSE: Craig Ellis collecting funds at the Rosehill Mall for the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen recently Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Let’s all have a charitable Christmas

Giving is in the nature of the people of the Eastern Cape and, during these difficult times it is worth remembering that, no matter how bad things seem to get there are always those who are worse off than you. That is where charitable…

MYSTICAL LADIES: The La Dame Mystique boutique has expanded and is now able to offer sophisticated and elegant clothing at both the Heritage and Rosehill Malls. Ready to serve you are, from left, Marisa Daneel, owner Karen Booysen and Doreen le Roux Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Ladies’ boutique expands to Rosehill Mall

The popular ladies’ boutique, La Dame Mystique, has been a welcome and long-time fixture at the upper level of the Heritage Mall, supplying the community with items ranging from women’s clothing, wigs, jewellery, shoes, and more. The…

World diabetes awareness day was November 14

There is a compelling reason that global awareness days and months exist. In the case of diabetes, the reason is twofold: stemming a worldwide epidemic and saving lives. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 50% of people…

STUNNING PRIZE: Two winners of the Breast Cancer Awareness raffle in aid of Sunshine Coast Hospice received hampers, supplied by SuperSPAR and packed with goodies to the value of R1,400 each

A helping hand for Sunshine Coast Hospice

The year 2020 will be remembered for many things but for some positive news you have only to look at Sunshine Coast Hospice and Rosehill Superspar who, through combined efforts, raised R52,000. During the month of October, Breast Cancer…

World diabetes awareness day is November 14

There is a compelling reason that global awareness days and months exist. In the case of diabetes, the reason is twofold: stemming a worldwide epidemic and saving lives. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 50% of people…

Lions Christmas cake sales

Port Alfred Lions will be selling their ever-popular Christmas cakes again this year and sales have already commenced at Rosehill and Heritage Malls and will continue through November into December, while stocks last. The Lions Christmas…

DANGER! Make sure your car is locked as thieves now use devices that can jam your car’s remote locking electronics

Beware of remote jamming at Rosehill Mall – and everywhere else

More incidents of cars being broken into are being reported according to police, making it necessary to warn the public about remote jamming devices. Remote jamming, or car-jamming, is a practice where criminals use a signal-jamming…

Businesses take a huge knock

Can businesses in the area survive the Covid-19 pandemic? This is the question Talk of the Town will be asking local business owners in the next few weeks. This Easter holiday is going to have a big impact on our tourism industry, but…

CAKE ANYONE: The CPF was out in force on Saturday at the Rosehill Mall, selling cakesto raise funds to assist it to protect the community Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Raising funds for CPF – a piece of cake

If you were at Rosehill Mall on Saturday you could not have missed the Community Pocing Forum’s cake sale in support of raising much-needed funds. And, according to Heather Leicher of the CPF, the cakes sold like… well, hotcakes. “We have…

Traffic accident at Rosehill entrance

There was a traffic accident at the entrance of Rosehill Mall on Wednesday morning. Apparently, one car was turning into the mall and the other was overtaking. No one was reported injured in the incident.

E-BIKERS HOME: The e-bikers were the first home at the G2C on Sunday morning Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Buco G2C breaks records

The strong tailwind assisted riders, at least to an extent, to break existing race records on their journey from Makanda (Grahamstown) to Coast (G2C) bike race on Sunday morning. Rosehill Mall was where the race finished and a few brave…

DAY SPA AT THE MALL: Serenity’s opening on Friday evening Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Serenity opens at Rosehill

SERENITY is the mission of business partners Kerryn Watson and Kerry Watson (yes, there is only an “n” between them) as they launched their new day spar at Rosehill Mall on Friday evening. Good luck to them in their new endeavour.