There was plenty of action on the cricket fields as 14 schools' first teams from across the country took part in this year's Grahamstown Schools Cricket festival.
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'Don't walk alone at night' is the advice of a Rhodes staff member who ended up in hospital after being attacked by five men last month.
The year usually takes a while to get going. Holidaymakers gradually trickle back from the coast or the big cities over the first few days – but some establishments were still closed for the first week… or maybe it was the first ten days… of the year.
Estate agents have warned landlords of student digs in Grahamstown that they could be in for a nasty shock come December, as illegal electricity connections get them into trouble with authorities.
Police agreed to re-arrest a teenager accused of rape and attempted murder after more than 200 angry protesters toyi-toyiied outside the Grahamstown Police Station on Friday.
Howieson's Poort Dam has responded well to the past three months of rain, including downpours that resulted in significant runoff. It is not only full, but overflowing.
Langkloof Route 62 is in many ways more interesting than its more famous cousin to the south, the Garden Route. Heading west from Humansdorp along a winding, reasonably well-maintained road to Prince Alfred Pass, the Langkloof section is only part of the Route 62 road that goes all the way to Cape Town.
"This is the power house of corruption," shouted the Unemployed People's Movement's Ayanda Kota, as he addressed Grahamstown East residents in front of the City Hall on Friday, where they toyi-toyied for access to water, jobs and a safer city.
Prominent local advocate and politician, Jock McConnachie, has launched a new political movement called the Makana New Deal. He says the the aim of the New Deal is to take control of local government and reinstate the system of directly accountable, independent councillors of standing in the community.
To mark this auspicious day in the fight for media freedom, senior member of the ANC, Dr Pallo Jordan, subtly reinforced a new, less confrontational party line on media freedom in South Africa at a colloquium held at Rhodes University this weekend.