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08 Februarie 2021 06:17 The mosaic artists are Jayross Pelser, Sara Syster and Beatrice Petersen.Foto:
Bergrivier Municipality wants to position Porterville as an art destination.
There are various art-related activities taking place annually in Porterville, after a number of professional artists moved into the town over the last number of years.
As it is important to create an artistic atmosphere in the town and include the local people of Porterville, a historic route was designed where all the historic sites in the town will be portrayed in mosaic. A booklet will also be developed to explain the history of each site.
Bergrivier Municipality, in collaboration with the Porterville Museum, Porterville Tourism Office and some of the local professional artists, gave birth to the Mosaic Project more than two years ago, but after funding was obtained for the project it commenced in April 2020. The project is funded by Creating Hope Africa and
Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha. (Netwerk24)
Health concerns have been raised about scenes outside the East London home affairs office where hundreds are queuing and disregarding health protocols.
Home Affairs confirmed that more than 400 people from different parts of the Eastern Cape visit the branch and are attended to by 16 employees.
An unreliable Home Affairs system that crashes daily, and staff reduced by 50% to observe regulations, are some of the factors contributing to massive delays.
Disturbing pictures and videos have been doing the rounds on social media showing hundreds of people queueing outside the East London Home Affairs branch, disregarding Covid-19 health protocols.
Tourism industry helps youth find employment gcis vuk uzenzele > By gcis vuk uzenzele - 11 January 2021 - 07:00 TGC participants at their graduation ceremony in the Eastern Cape. Image: WESSA.
Tourism Green Coast (TGC), an award-winning government youth tourism programme, has helped youth from the Wild Coast find employment or start their own business in the tourism industry.
TGC is part of the Department of Tourism’s Expanded Public Works Programme and is being implemented by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA).
In July, 119 youth from the Eastern Cape obtained a National Certificate in Tourism Guiding as a result of the two-year programme, which helped them to develop skills and gain work experience at various tourism establishments along the Wild Coast.
Limpopo villagers hopeful ANC will deliver on its promise of jobs Eyewitness News visited Seleteng in Ga-Mphahlele where January 8 celebrations were supposed to be held to hear what the residents wanted to tell President Ramaphosa. FILE: An ANC flag. Picture: EWN.
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SELETENG, GA-MPHAHLELE - Villagers in Limpopo said they were desperately hoping the African National Congress (ANC) would still deliver on its yearly promise of sustainable jobs when President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the party’s January 8 statement on Friday night.
The residents of Ga-Mphahlele and other surrounding villages were disappointed when the ANC was forced to hold its 109th birthday celebrations virtually because of the rising COVID-19 infections.