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Now that’s torn it

15 September 2013 By Alan

There is an old axiom amongst local sailors; “There will be wind every month with an R in it”. Members of the local Algoa Bay Yacht Club will also tell you that the wind is more likely to blow a gale on the Opening of the Sailing Season and for the Great Circle race. It just so happens that yesterday was the Opening of the Sailing Season at ABYC and the wind blew hard enough … [Read more...] about Now that’s torn it

Ode to Dam Busters

15 September 2013 By Alan

On Sunday 15 September 2013, Stu Davidson and his son Patrick flew over the St Pauls Anglican Church in Parsons Hill after the annual South African Air Force Association annual memorial of the Battle of Britain service which also commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Dam Busters raid. The Reverend Ruthell Johnson conducted the service. Stu and Patrick were flying a P52 … [Read more...] about Ode to Dam Busters

XDR-TB ward opens in Port Elizabeth

15 September 2013 By Alan

Health services in Nelson Mandela Bay got a major boost on Friday after a new “centre of excellence” was opened to cope with the difficult strain of extremely drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and its impact on patients in the region. A first-of-its-kind, 40-bed XDR-TB ward was opened at Jose Pearson TB Hospital in Port Elizabeth by Eastern Cape Member of the Executive … [Read more...] about XDR-TB ward opens in Port Elizabeth