During any casual drive through the Eastern Cape, one is likely to see many young boys with ashen white faces. These young boys are undergoing the Xhosa customary initiation ritual which will see them entering manhood.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
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So, let me just say from the outset that I am verging on being a complete teetotaller. I pull a Viv (go sober) all the time and I go to the notorious Friar Tuck’s sober. This resulted in me acing Viv’s little alcohol survey as my total Alcohol Use Disorder Test score is 0.
The energy of raw acoustic sound is bound to fill the Student Union on Saturday night. Rambling Bones is the solo project of Jay Bones, front man of popular South African punk band Fuzigish. He is performing four shows infour days, starting in Bloemfontein and passing through Port Elizabeth and East London. Grahamstown is his last stop.
DB: First up, how did the name DJ Vuvu come about? DV: (Chuckling) I really like to blow the vuvuzela, and so my listeners started calling me DJ Vuvu. DB: When did you start at Radio Grahamstown and what shows have you done?
Jazz lovers will be pleased to note that one of the most talented Eastern Cape jazz outfits –the John Edwards trio will be performing at the St Andrew’s Drill Hall tomorrow evening. This recently formed ensemble are not only accomplished and renowned jazz performers but are also actively involved in music education in the Eastern Cape.
“I can ’t die now,” a friend said to me after watching Ché this week, “I haven’t done enough with my life yet.”
“The Anti Alcohol-abuse Week is a fantastic initiative and I have thoroughly enjoyed events like the Dean’s variety show,” said afirst year student who says she does not conform to the drinking culture of some Rhodes University students.
An amateur variety contest in the style of the popular reality show America’s Got Talent was held on campus on Monday evening. Has Rhodes got Talent? was organised by Dean of Students Prof Vivian de Klerk and the Student Representative Council (SRC) andwas launched at Rhodes’ Anti Alcohol-abuse Week.
For places like Grahamstown that aren’t home to shiny new stadiums or team headquarters, the impact of the Fifa World Cup will seem rather abstract.
Lecturers concerned about academic freedom are meeting at Rhodes this week to debate whether the government has interfered too much in higher education.