Despatch residents Bulelani Jada and Siphosihle Nseta recently released their gospel song titled Bawelile which they have dubbed a Covid-19 anthem aimed at sharing a message of comfort, joy and happiness in the wake of the second wave
WATCH | Joys and traditions of preparing pickled fish PREMIUM By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 01 April 2021
On entering Ruby Williams’s Gelvan Park home, you only have to follow the aroma of fish being fried to find her busy in her kitchen.
Williams, 61, has always loved cooking and as a child worked in a cafe in what was then Salisbury Park selling fish and chips.
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By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 08 March 2021
When former model Nastassja Louwschieter started her Class of Greatness (COG) five years ago, her intention was to help girls from the northern areas achieve greatness in all aspects of their lives.
Louwschieter, 32, grew up in Bethelsdorp and took part in many modelling competitions, including the Miss Port Elizabeth competition.
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Westville pupils set sights on Germany Exchange programme will give three from northern areas a chance to study overseas PREMIUM By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 04 March 2021
Three pupils from Westville High School in Gqeberha’s northern areas will be given an opportunity of a lifetime to attend school in Germany in 2023 as part of an exchange programme.
This comes after Westville and Berufsbildende Schule entered into a virtual exchange programme during the lockdown.
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An app a day kept bad marks away By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 24 February 2021
Two of the top matriculants at Sanctor High School in Bethelsdorp used the Forest mobile application to motivate each other to study for their final exams.
The result? They bagged seven distinctions between them.
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M1M organisation launches project to help struggling Windvogel settlement PREMIUM By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 21 February 2021
More than 30 children from an informal settlement adjacent to Windvogel in Port Elizabeth received school uniforms and stationery on Saturday.
However, it was not a mere act of charity. They had to work to benefit from the initiative by the organisation Move One Million (M1M).
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The woman, whose name is known to The Herald, is referred to by residents as the Vleisvrou [meat lady] due her self-proclaimed ability to get most products for less than you would pay at a shop.
‘National action needed on northern areas gang, gender violence’ Situation worrying and sad, says SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen after two-day visit PREMIUM By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 05 February 2021
National and provincial intervention is necessary to curb the escalating incidents of violence against girls and women in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas.
This, is according to SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) commissioner Chris Nissen, who spent Wednesday and Thursday in the northern areas meeting authorities and community leaders.
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