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Tshepiso Mametela

Tshepiso is a seasoned newsman boasting a wealth of experience covering general topics and sport. After doing his bit dodging teargas cans, he spent three years producing cutting-edge news stories for established digital platforms. In 2022, after having been nominated for the Gauteng Sport Awards Sports Journalist of the Year award twice, he moved back to the print and online space, producing gripping pieces by leveraging linkages with leading newsmakers. He enjoys the odd sip of coffee and hopes he can someday make friends with a feline.

Daimler Truck Southern Africa powers up with the launch of its eActros and eCanter range in SA

Daimler unveils first fully battery-electric truck range

Daimler Truck Southern Africa (DTSA), in its global ambition to offer 100% CO2-neutral transportation by 2050, unveiled its first fully battery-electric truck range at a recent eMobility event in Johannesburg.

First-time voter Levisha Kok, 22, joined the queue at the Kings Beach Life Saving Club with her sister, Lavern. Pictured with them is  Lindsay Cloete, 75

Nelson Mandela Bay youth come out in numbers

Crowds of young first-time voters lined up in long queues that formed at voting stations in Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday, suggesting the youth vote may prove decisive in the outcome.

Excited Isaac Booi Primary School pupils wrapped up in the colourful blankets they received, thanks to Marcelle Wentworth’s annual winter woollies campaign

Warmer winter for those in need, thanks to good Samaritan’s efforts

For the past 15 years, good Samaritan Marcelle Wentworth’s winter woollies initiative has warmed the bodies and hearts of hundreds of needy people in Gqeberha, and further afield.

The Royal Caribbean radiance-class cruise ship Serenade of the Seas docks in Nelson Mandela Bay to cap off a bustling summer season

Nelson Mandela Bay port heralds ‘record-breaking’ summer ship season

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s economic development, tourism and agriculture department toasted to a successful cruise ship season on Friday on the deck of the behemoth Serenade of the Seas at the Port of Port Elizabeth.

Gqeberha chips in to gift Cheshire Home resident a special birthday

Cheshire Home in Summerstrand is hoping to give one of its longtime residents a birthday to remember as Carl Fitchett approaches the big 60.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is putting up six prefab classrooms for Cingani High School in Motherwell. From left are principal Sandi Mbali, the department of education’s Sindisile Zamisa, mayoral committee member Yolisa Pali, councillor Bulelani Matenjwa and the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints’ Gqeberha stake presidency member Mbali Zitshu

Prefab classrooms a game-changer for Motherwell school

The long-standing overcrowding crisis at Cingani High School in Motherwell, which sometimes sees more than 50 pupils crammed into a class, is finally set to be addressed.

SANParks Veterinarian Wildlife Services senior vet David Zimmermann undertook the delicate process of tranquillising and recollaring a mother cheetah, CJ, at the Mountain Zebra National Park near Nxuba

Conservation running stable at East Cape wildlife park as cheetah mother re-collared

Cheetah conservation continues on a stable path at Mountain Zebra National Park (MZNP) as the once-critically endangered animal in SA is safeguarded through innovative means.

The lack of street lights in and around the William Moffett have become a problem

Lack of street lights in Fairview a headache for residents

Load-shedding or not, parts of Fairview have been blanketed in darkness due to defective street lights.

Eastern Cape blackball players are competing at the sport’s national tournament

Eastern Cape blackball players on cue for Durban showdown

Eastern Cape players of all ages are gearing up for the ultimate billiards and blackball showdown at the SA National Blackball Champs in Durban.

Elmarie and Janco Meyer with Chad le Clos and his father Bert

Golden moment for Chad le Clos and schoolboy Janco

The magic of their chance meeting at the national champs in 2023 has continued a year on for SA Olympic swimmer Chad le Clos and Lorraine schoolboy Janco Meyer.

Minke Janse van Rensburg  broke the African and World 50m butterfly Down syndrome record on Thursday night

Down syndrome swimmer shows her mettle — again

Not satisfied with breaking the 50m butterfly African record, 2022 SA Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability, Minke Janse van Rensburg returned with another superb swim on Thursday to rewrite the history books.

Kariega pageant prince aims to wow at upcoming showcase

A Kariega Mister Global hopeful is looking to set the pageant alight in hopes of booking a ticket to Thailand when he takes to the local stage of the annual men’s beauty contest — Mister Global SA 2024.

Guidos invites pizza-lovers for an awesome new experience at the family-friendly Beverley Grove eatery. Pictured are pizza chef Anderson Idrissah, left, reporter Tshepiso Mametela, and restaurant owner Lee Hensburg

Get creative making your own birthday pizza

Do you fancy impressing your friends and family with homemade signature-style gourmet wood-fired pizza?

People queue at Exclusive Books in Walmer where spiritual guide Dr Uzwi-Lezwe Radebe launched his new book at the weekend

Spiritual guide’s new book gets enthusiastic reception

Visitors to the Walmer Park Shopping Centre looked on with amazement as a frenetic crowd lined up outside Exclusive Books on Friday.

Panelists, from left, veteran journalist Cathy Mohlahlana, actor and playwright Dr John Kani, World Council of Churches co-founding member of the Programme to Combat Racism Dr Brigalia Bam, sports, recreation, arts and culture deputy minister Nocawe Mafu and The Herald editor Rochelle de Kock participate in a social cohesion dialogue at the Tramways building on Wednesday

Social cohesion dialogue brings diverse perspectives on SA together

Hours before Humans Rights Day, the inaugural provincial social cohesion dialogue hosted at the Tramways building in South End on Wednesday ensured the conversation about charting a path for SA remained a top priority three decades into…