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By Riaan Marais - 22 May 2021 SHOT OF COLOUR: The mural on the Galerie Noko building in Russel Road spreads a message of hope Image: EUGENE COETZEE Motorists travelling down Gqeberha’s Russell Road will have been struck by a fresh burst of colour as they make their way towards the freeway or Govan Mbeki Avenue, wondering what the brilliant artwork on the once-drab building is all about. While the triangular-shaped building has always been something of an oddity, no-one has really given it a second thought. But now the so-called “skinny house”...
It might be hilarious that Karyns are being stereotyped as ill-tempered scolding women – shrews in a single term – but name-shaming becomes disrespectful in the long run (Weekend Post, 1 May 2021). This issue reminds me of the R&B singer Karyn White who has hit songs like Make Him Do Right , I’d Rather Be Alone (than be unhappy), Can I Stay With You, (I’m not your) Super Woman and Hungah. Erstwhile Metro FM DJ, Isaac Phaahla, opined that she is always complaining or demanding in her lyrics. In my case, I used the Marlon middle name throughout my secondary school years, as I could...
Poor now have no champion — Lindile Petuna Controversial former Bay housing boss plans to challenge two damning judgments PREMIUM By Mkhululi Ndamase - 07 May 2021 Disgraced former Nelson Mandela Bay human settlements boss Lindile Petuna has stopped just short of calling himself a modern day Robin Hood, saying poor people no longer have anyone to fight for them in the city. Petuna released a statement to Weekend Post this week, saying he would appeal against two high court judgments that ordered him to pay back R11.3m and R550,000 respectively for misleading the council ...
Our subscribers can page through the newspaper online 13 November 2020 Image: 123RF/Manit Khumrod/HeraldLIVE The e-edition is an exact digital replica of the print edition of the Daily Dispatch or Saturday Dispatch delivered via a service called PressReader. You can page through the newspaper online, via your internet browser or by using our e-edition app. (Note: some PressReader users may have previously had access to our e-edition via their general bundle packages on that platform. From November 13 2020, our e-edition is only available directly via the steps set out be...