Rhodes University ‘s Health Suite held a 12 hour Cycl-A-Thon for charity at the Rhodes Aerobics Studio on 22 August. “There was hardly an empty bike for the entire day, which is excellent,” said organiser Janet .
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WHILE the Diocesan School for Girls’ (DSG) Aquatics Centre will officially open in late October, an unofficial opening for the pupils took place on 6 August.
THE Stockelsdorf junior soccer team from Germany spent a week in Grahamstown as part of a soccer exchange programme. The 34 member German touring party arrived in Grahamstown on 12 October and spent the week exploring the area and visiting various schools.
Seven men and six women students have been nominated for the Rhodes University Sport Council’s Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. The Sports Awards dinner takes place on 10 October where all the various sporting codes at Rhodes University will be represented.
"This is the highlight of the year and the decade," said Shelley Frayne, Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) headmistress, at the opening of the school’s Aquatic Centre on Monday. The centre was named after former headmaster Bruce Probyn who unveiled the plaque.
Local learners and teachers were able to learn more about chemistry through a collaboration between the Rhodes Chemistry department and Bristol ChemLabS. The United Kingdom based outfit visited Grahamstown schools to conduct a chemistry outreach programme.
Breaking news (10:20AM): Pick n’ Pay workers are staging a go-slow in Peppergrove Mall today, reportedly in protest over a wage increase dispute with management.
THE new Confucius Institute at Rhodes University was launched in a ceremony attended by members of the Rhodes International Office, Rhodes Vice-Chancellor Dr Saleem Badat, Prof Yue and other representatives of the Jinan University.
Where praise is due, it should be given. On entering the Post Office recently I was immediately shown which line was the correct one for my needs by a courteous gentleman, and, once I was at the counter, service was efficient and was prompt. The same experience awaited me at the Police Station when I urgently needed a Commissioner of Oaths to certify a document.
SATURDAY 25 October was the most unbearable Saturday morning in my nearly seven years of business on High Street. This had nothing to do with sales, but the volume of intolerable noise pollution we were forced to endure.