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Art Gallery Owner, Curator and Fine Artist, Anthony Harris conceptualised a first of a kind national cross-disciplinary contemporary art exhibition, entitled Modern Miniatures, to show in Nelson Mandela Bay from 28 May to 15 June, then moving to Trinity Hall, Grahamstown from 27 June to 7 July 2013 at the National Arts Festival. “There has been an overwhelming response from 128 … [Read more...] about Modern Miniatures Exhibition

The hearing impaired can now communicate with others after Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)  IT Masters graduate George Yeratziotis developed a unique mobile application, Signchat, for deaf users. This follows the recent launch of another Career Guidance mobile app by NMMU which puts career and qualification choices into the palm of prospective students. According … [Read more...] about Mobile application for hearing impaired

The 2014 Cell C Community Cup qualifying race continues to hot up in a number of provinces, with arguably three of the biggest club matches of the weekend taking place in places as geographically diverse as Cape Town, Kathu and Uitenhage. Three of the 20 slots for the 2014 edition of SARU’s elite tournament for non-university or so-called ‘open’ clubs have already been filled, … [Read more...] about All eyes on Uitenhage

The first shipload of the Metrowind renewable energy turbines in Port Elizabeth arrived on Thursday 6 June for delivery to Basil Read Matomo – a subsidiary of Basil Read, the JSE-listed construction, mining, development and engineering group tasked with erection of the turbines. The turbines are being transported on two ships from China -  the first of which arrived on Thursday … [Read more...] about Massive Metrowind turbines being offloaded

(Editor: These rates and services increases must be seen against a background of a national inflation rate of 5.9% and, personally, I say that these increases represent profit taking and are a sad indictment of an inefficient institution. If you think I am right or wrong then let me know in the comments or submit a letter.) The Council of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality … [Read more...] about Municipality Approves IDP And Budget