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PICTURES of the river Wye in Hereford show it continues to remain low even after recent rainfall.

Will Henry, 31, and his best friend Brian McIntosh, 29, were discovered after police were called to a car park at the Albion Works in Brierley Hill, Dudley, West Midlands, on September 30 last year.

Former Ambassador, Journalist and Activist, Jon Qwelane Former diplomat and veteran journalist Jon Qwelane died at the age of 68 on Christmas Eve on Thursday. He was appointed South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda in 2010. Veteran journalist Dan Moyane said Qwelane should be remembered for his work. “He had very strong views about issues in the country way back in 1999, especially on issues about race and injustice. You have to remember JQ’s contribution is a legendary contribution to jour...

Image: SABC NewsJon Qwelane will be laid to rest in Mafikeng this week. If it were not self-restrictive, I would describe the late Jon Qwelane as a “doyen of black journalism”. But to do so would undermine his immense contribution to the advancement, protection and promotion of the craft. Qwelane burst into journalism via back-door. A wordsmith of note, he was lurking in his hometown of Mafikeng in the North West, working as a clerk in the post office. Initially contributing as a freelance...

Qwelane’s death was confirmed by his attorney Andrew Boerner earlier on Thursday. He made his mark as a print journalist and worked as a reporter for The Star and Sunday Star, for which he also wrote columns. He produced op-ed pieces and had two regular columns in the 1990s: Jon’s Jive, which appeared on Saturdays, and Just Jon on Sundays. Qwelane was a founder member of the Writers Association of SA and was the recipient of the SA National Editors Forum coveted Nat Nakasa Award in 1998. He...