This year’s Grahamstown National Arts Festival will be blended with a touch of soccer action since it will be held during the same period as the Fifa Soccer World Cup. From 20 June to 4 July Grahamstown will be buzzing with the excitement of cultural activities, soccer hype and theatre entertainment.
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ORIENTATION Week saw Student HIV/Aids Resistance Campaign (Sharc) members hitting Grahamstown’s streets promoting safe sex by handing out condoms and staging a drama production dealing with social issues and misconceptions regarding HIV/Aids.
The disappearance of R150-million from the Arts and Culture department has caused uncertainty in the plans for the 15-day National Arts Festival in Grahamstown this year.
Get ready to move to the grooves of Paul Mendez – one of the world’s top DJs. Mendez is not only a world class DJ and producer but has also successfully promoted events around the world for over ten years in countries such as Germany, Norway, Spain and Japan.
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A love for a good, old-fashioned braai and the chance to laze in a chair and watch a film were certainly not underestimated as the Oppi braai and movie evenings were one of the highlights of the O-Week calendar. First year Oppidan students were lured onto the Rhodes Union fields on Tuesday evening for what was a
Rhodes University’s Vice-chancellor, Dr Saleem Badat delivered his annual welcome address on Monday to 1 400 first year students who were selected from over 5 900 applicants. He described this important era in their lives as being like embarking upon an important
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