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While the public broadcaster and Athletics SA were at odds over broadcasting rights of the SABC Half Marathon in Gqeberha, the event, which has since been cancelled, caused a stir in the corridors of City Hall.

School's out for the October holidays and with many parents and guardians working, you may be scratching your head for ways to keep your younglings entertained over the next week.

A young Kariega woman who left her home in a quest to follow her dream of becoming a professional performer will soon see her dream come true when she appears at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda in June.

Bringing laughter and good music to Gqeberha, Mbulelo Msongelwa of Stand Up Mbu, will be sharing interesting takes on issues that affect people, while educating them in a funny yet informative manner.

There was nothing troublesome about Lorraine twins Nicholas and Christopher Moolman, 33, as the brothers pitched up for The Herald Cycle Tour road race on Sunday.

A non-profit organisation that seeks to improve the lives of people from underprivileged communities by equipping them with skills, will soon take off in Plettenberg Bay.

Five years ago, when Richard La Grange put on some uncomfortably tight spandex and jumped over a wall to impress his nephew, he never imagined the favour he did for his brother would turn into a lucrative side hustle.

As school governing body members from Mfesane Senior Secondary in Motherwell gear up for their hearing this week related to the alleged misuse of nutrition funds, a good Samaritan in the form of Hare Krishna Food for Life has come forward with an offer to feed the pupils from its soup kitchen.

Former Theodor Herzl pupil and aspiring thespian Lufefe Kente is living his dream in New York where he has been selected to take centre stage in an upcoming off-Broadway production of Rent.

A Nelson Mandela Bay man accused of murdering his mother, apparently because “the devil told him to do it”, appeared briefly in the Gqeberha high court on Wednesday.