By Jackie Clausen Kingswood College Bridging Year students are taking part in Wildlife relocation at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, which forms part of their Nature Conservation skills. The reserve is expanding and needs to relocate a herd of Blue Wildebeest and Golden Wildebeest. As part of the Bridging year at Kingswood College, the students not only focus on their academics, but they also learn new skills like welding, cooking, deep sea fishing, and car maintenance. The bridging year students also take part in Community engagement and Nature Conservation. The Wildebeest was darted by helicopter, and then the students had to…
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By Siviwe Mxuma In a ground-breaking acknowledgement of excellence, the Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies (RATT) has been awarded the highly-coveted NRF Science Team Award for 2023. Since its establishment in 2012, RATT has emerged as the global vanguard in techniques and observational radio astronomy, playing an instrumental role in advancing our understanding of the universe. This award recognises the team’s unparalleled contributions to the field and their profound impact on the realms of science, technology, and cosmology. RATT’s journey began with a focused mission: to develop cutting-edge algorithms and software to enhance radio astronomy techniques. Over the…
By Lufuno Masindi and Selenathi Botha Dr Davies Optometrist, started a glass drive for children who cannot afford glasses. Dr Davies have voluntarily provided deserving children with a pair of glasses. The initiative began in June 2023 and actively cooperated with the Department of Health by training nurses to work with those children. The purpose of the drive, led by Dr Trevor Davies, is to ensure that any child who cannot afford glasses can get a pair. So far, Dr Davies has seen 180 children and will see another 40 later this year. Davies says he began this initiative because…
By Steven Lang Steeldrum rhythms and joyful laughter emanated from a small practice room next to the Graemian Centre at Graeme College on Friday afternoon, 1 September 2023. The music drew people in, and the merriment was unreservedly infectious. What was behind such hilarity? Members of the Graeme College Steelband were giggling while teaching a group of visitors from China how to play their Caribbean-style instruments. The guests from Jincheng in northeast China were visiting Makhanda as part of a sister city relationship between Sarah Baartman District Municipality and Jincheng City. There were nine people in the delegation: Zhizhong Li…
By Siya Makunga In our previous article, we discussed the hearing for an application for an interim Protection Order. In this article, we will discuss the Final Protection Order, the legal consequences of violating a Protection Order and the variation or setting aside of a Protection Order. On the return date (the second court date), the court will consider the application. Access to the court hearing is limited to the Magistrate, court staff, parties, legal representatives, and witnesses. Members of the public are not allowed to attend the court hearing. Once the Magistrate has heard the evidence, they will decide…
By Arno Cornelissen For the working class, it’s a never-ending hustle. “We’re trying to make a bit of extra money,” says Clinton Swart. “We love making food, and we enjoy hot stuff,” he added. The family of three lives in Makhanda, a small town in the Eastern Cape, where they make homemade hot sauce. “We started with a green and yellow jalapeno and habanero sauce under the name Swart and Sons in 2018,” says Joelene Swart. “It was a pineapple habanero sauce. People still talk about it. After that, we changed the name to NeverEnuff Hot Sauce.” Clint created the…
By Steven Lang A group of 45 senior academics from Brazilian Universities visited Rhodes University in Makhanda. The group included rectors, vice-chancellors, presidents and deans of 22 universities belonging to the Brazilian Association of Rectors of Provincial and Municipal Universities (ABRUEM). The Brazilians were in South Africa to attend the Global Leadership Summit hosted by the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) in Durban. They also visited universities in KwaZulu Natal, the Western Cape and Gqeberha. ABRUEM, one of the most important higher education organisations in Latin America, is committed to internationalisation, and it was on this basis that…
By Siphesihle Mkhwanazi A Pharmacist Assistant, mother, runner and aerobics trainer, Vuyokazi Smile is one of the inspirational women of Makhanda. As we end Women’s Month, we look at Makhanda-born Smile, who motivates and encourages many through her role as an aerobics instructor at Joza Gym and Rhodes University Gym. Smile began her journey as a fitness instructor in 2010, where Joza aerobics programme founder Ziphozinhle Nkomonde trained her. Smile admits that she is an avid runner, and during one of her running sessions, she heard music at the old gym facilities, which piqued her curiosity. When she entered the…
By Nicci Hayes St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church has been assisting the Holy Cross School as their community project for a number of years. Recently, Emeritus Professor Di Wilmot, a church warden and lay minister handed over a R30 000 donation to the school. Some of the proceeds will establish a Bishop Ebenezer Ntshali bursary fund in honour of the retired Bishop. The church is also hosting its Annual Country Fair on Sunday 10 September at 12 noon, and some of the proceeds will also go to the school. This is a great family day with a treasure hunt and other…
Stay in the loop with the latest and join the MEW WhatsApp group! THIS WEEK THURSDAY 31 AUGUST U3A (There is no U3A till further notice) Grahamstown Bridge Club @ Grahamstown Bowling Club, African Street 13:15 for 13:30 Contact Sheila Hicks: 083 442 3322 R15 non-members | R10 members Thursday Pool Competition @ SSS Top Bar, 19b New Street 18:30 – 19:00 Contact Mike Theron: 082 477 3689 Free entry Roots Grown Deep Ancient Futures and Instrumental Consciousness workshop. During a one-day residency at the Rhodes University Department of Music and International Library of African Music (ILAM), the Roots Grown Deep world…