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@heraldlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:32:32
Mayor's assets under threat in court saga
The Gqeberha high court has issued a writ of execution for assets belonging to mayor Babalwa Lobishe to be attached to recover thousands of rand in legal costs owed to former GOOD regional leader Siyanda Mayana.
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@heraldlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:33:48
Silence allows abuse of power to thrive
Community activist Thulani Dasa warns that society's silence and institutional complicity enable figures who abuse power, arguing that no political title, respected name, or church position should ever provide immunity from accountability.
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@heraldlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:39:32
In memory of Prof Adele Leah (Barry) Moodly
A touching tribute to Professor Adele Moodly, the pioneering academic and first black woman Registrar in Rhodes University's history, celebrating her remarkable legacy in higher education and leadership.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:26:25
MANDLENKOSI MAPHOSA | Climate fight must embrace indigenous wisdom too
Every September, South Africans pause to celebrate Heritage Month, a time of traditional dress, indigenous cuisine, music and dance. Yet if we allow it to remain a mere pageant of costume and cuisine, we squander its deeper purpose. Heritage Month should be a moment of critical reflection: an invitation to ask what our cultural inheritance can teach us about surviving the crises of our time.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:30:07
LWANDA MAQWELANE | Masked protest raises hard questions for Rhodes
Rhodes University, small as it may be relative to many of its peers, has produced some of SAâ s leading intellectual minds and captains of industry across a wide range of fields. Its significance has never rested simply on its size. It has rested, in part, on a particular understanding of what a university ought to be.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:31:53
Mthatha pensioners lash out at long-lasting power outages
Pensioners and homeowners in the Northcrest suburb of Mthatha are expressing severe frustration with the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality following a crippling five-day power blackout. The prolonged outage forced vulnerable residents to discard spoiled groceries, compromised essential refrigerated medication, and heightened crime fears amid reports of burglaries during the darkness.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:43:05
'A street that shines is a street people will buy into'
A short stretch of Beach Road is trying something talked about in the city for years â treating one street as if it belongs to the people who live on it. That idea has turned into reality with a pilot project called Street Shine launching this month. Run by the new ward18 residents and ratepayers association, the street area chosen is purposefully small â from Drake Road to the top of Beach Road.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:50:53
Abongile Nyondo celebrates first national award
Eastern Cape gospel singer and broadcaster Abongile Nyondo celebrates a milestone 25 years in the music industry, marked by his first major win at the Independent National Gospel Music Awards.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:47:06
New book spotlights South Africa's forgotten women surfers
In her new book 'Chasing Waves', author Melissa Volker documents the rich, overlooked history of South African women's surfing, charting the journey from patronising 1970s attitudes to international championship triumphs.
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@dispatchlive Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:57:09
Family distraught after golf club worker crushed to death
Forty-nine-year-old Nkosinathi "Marks" Zenani, who died as a result of a freak accident while at work on Friday, was an employee of the East London Golf Club in KuGompo City for more than two decades. He was the father of three and the sole breadwinner for his Mdantsane family. Zenani was preparing to send his second-born son to initiation.
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