PIET MARAIS Sunday 1 June, St David’s Anglican Church in Bushman’s River Mouth played host to a special Siya Sunday service, at the weekend, bringing together Anglican church members from Bushman’s River Mouth, Ekhuphumleni, Kenton-on-Sea…
Bathurst, a rural farming community, is plagued by many socio-economic challenges. The town’s economy is heavily reliant on seasonal employment, leaving many residents vulnerable to poverty and unemployment. Furthermore, the prevalence of…
PIET MARAIS The Grade 7 class of the Kowie Foundation School in Port Alfred had a heartwarming experience this week when they visited the Siya Soup Project in Bushman’s River Mouth. As part of their Technology syllabus, the class had to…
At just 17-years-of-age, Armand van der Merwe had set his mind to raising money for a charity. As a home-schooled pupil, Van der Merwe will be sitting his GED (General Educational Development) from the USA at the end of the year and not…
This was not the first time Lesley and Craig Theunissen – the owners of Rosehill SuperSpar and the Nemato Spar in Port Alfred, together with the Sunshine Coast Spar in Kenton-on-Sea – have donated dog and cat food to the Port Alfred SPCA.…
Seeing the needs of a group of destitute people at the dumpsite, the Mgudwa family from Port Alfred, Father Sam, mother Mbally Lamani-Mgudwa and their two children, were inspired to put their faith into practice and feed the hungry on the…
The words of the Bobby McFerrin song were the message at Friday evening’s wellness talk at MyPond Hotel with life coach and educationalist Elize Ellis who explained how our language can affect or mood and ultimately lead to illness. “Our…
DESPITE being seen as disruptive in many quarters, the EFF has started its own soup kitchen, affiliated to that of mama Thembisa Beauty Mazana whose soup kitchen operates on Mondays and Wednesdays. ‘We want to fill the gap and will be…
