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Victim of bullying, Etaiya Briscoe (13) from Kariega opens up on how she overcame being a victim of bullying at school after introducing “The Bully Box”.

In a landmark decision by the Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture, the small town of Kirkwood, nestled in the Sundays River Valley Municipality has been officially renamed Nqweba.

Amid ongoing issues of illegal dumping and disorder at the Hillwagt tip in Kariega, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is facing pressure from both residents and emerging farmers.

To close off Social Work Month (March), Natanya Smith, a 26-year-old registered social worker and child therapist at a reputable child protection organisation in Kariega, shared her heartfelt journey and shed light on the profound yet often misunderstood role of…

Learners from Khanyisa School for the Blind had a blast exploring the mini-library inside the Uitenhage Library in Market Street, Kariega, recently. It was their first visit to the mini-library, which was moved to its current location in May last…

The Station Commander, Brigadier André van Niekerk Swart of Kariega SAPS, was thrilled to share that the community recently hosted a non-sick leave function as well as a farewell function at the Barkly Street Theatre, Kariega.

Daniel Pienaar Technical High School made history last year, not only for being home to the oldest technical school in South Africa with motorsport as an official school sport, but also significantly, for Motorsport South Africa scooping the prestige international…

Nearly 700 athletes took on the Kariega Human races’s tough 21.1km and 10km routes running in cool but windy weather conditions on Saturday morning.

One of Kariega’s most loved pageants, Eastern Cape’s Next Top Model is back in full swing. The crowning of the 2024/2025 titles will happen in just a few days.

DESPATCH resident, Sivuyile Fisa, is the first ‘student’ to be awarded a scholarship to study – online – for an MSc in Marine Engineering Management through the Business College of Athens (BCA) and the South African Maritime Training Academy (SAMTRA)