By G Mackenzie The water polo season began with exciting home fixtures against Woodridge, Kingswood, Graeme and Pearson. These matches provided an excellent opportunity to involve all our teams, and the teams delivered some outstanding results. U14 Teams The newly formed U14A team had a nail-biting match against Woodridge’s U15A team, securing a narrow 7–6 victory. They later faced the St Andrew’s U15A side in a long-course game, holding their own impressively for the first two quarters before the experience of the U15A team prevailed. The U14 players show great promise, and I look forward to seeing them develop and…
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By Chris Totobela One of the oldest boxing clubs in Makhanda that has produced the finest boxers, including former South African lightweight champion, Mzoxolo Ndwayana, is busy preparing two of its top boxers for imminent national trials. Khayelihle Prince and Qhama Kilani will take part in the South African National Boxing Organisation (Sanabo) 2025 boxing trials for elite men and women at Hemingways in East London from 11-16 February, and are expected to bring back home the glory. Kilani was so confident when he spoke to…
By Scott Jackson The St Andrew’s College 1st XI played against Kingswood College under the Knowling lights on Friday night to kick off the domestic cricket season. The atmosphere was fantastic, and thanks must go to all the supporters who came to watch. The St Andrew’s College XI batted first in tricky conditions, with Kingswood picking up two quick wickets. Myles Sansom and Oliver Johns consolidated, with Sansom scoring 45 and Johns 53. The St Andrew’s College XI finished on a competitive 155/7 in their 20 overs. Tight opening spells by the St Andrew’s opening bowlers meant that Kingswood were…
By Chris Totobela The New Year’s Cup (NYC) sport institute will host a Safa/CAF C License coaching course for all D License holders at Rhodes University next month. According to NYC chairman, Luyanda Papu, the course is open to all interested individuals all over the country, and the first phase will run from 8-15 February, with the second phase taking place some time in April. Makhanda’s Rhodes University will host the course and will also be represented by many local coaches. There are many well known former professional footballers who have registered for the course as, Papu confirmed when he…
By Chesley Daniels GCB 2nd League log as at 11 January 2025: 1. Swallows 21 (4) 2. Salem 18 (3) 3. Cuylerville 18 (4) 4. Manley Flats 17 (3) 5. Sidbury 11 (2) 6. Station Hill 8 (4) 7. Southwell 6 (3) 8. Rainbows 3 (4) 9. Tiger Titans 0 (3) 10. Port Alfred 0 (4) GCB 1st League 1. Cuylerville 41 (7) 2. Salem 26 (7) 3. Southwell 24 (6) 4. Willows 22 (5) 5. Sidbury 7 (5) 6. Rhodes 5 (6) 7. Makana Sona 1 (6) GCB 2nd League leading run scorers: 1. T Shotana – Rainbows 232…
By Chesley Daniels Willows Cricket Club and log leaders Cuylerville 1sts, recorded impressive victories in their respective Grahamstown Cricket Board (GCB) 1st League fixtures against Southwell and Salem over the weekend. The second half of the GCB season kicked off last weekend and already some highly competitive cricket being played, that also saw some outstanding individual performances. Young Emihle Mgoqi 125* (Willows) and Renier Steenkamp 105 (Sidbury 2nds) scored impressive centuries with the bat and played superbly for their respective teams in winning causes. In the bowling department, Francois Nel (Sidbury 2nd) took 5/28 (8.1), Chris Pieterse (Salem 2nd) 5/20…
By Chris Totobela All roads led to JD Dlepu stadium this past Saturday. On show was the Hollywood Bets Regional League clash between hosts City Pirates and XI Attackers in a highly anticipated local derby that has never failed to produce fireworks. Local football lovers packed JD Dlepu Stadium in Joza, creating a great atmosphere for both teams. The game started with both teams playing cautiously and weighing each other while waiting for openings. It did not take long before both teams threw caution to the wind and started attacking each other. Attackers’ ball retention and rotation was superb while…
By Ashley Westaway In January 2024, the city’s education community adopted a vision statement: “By 2028, Makhanda emerges as the leading academic educational centre and city in South Africa and is recognised as such, thereby affording all local children and young people the benefit of good quality and relevant education at pre-school, primary, secondary and tertiary levels.” This analysis of the performance of our schools and students in the 2024 National Senior Certificate examinations gauges the extent to which we have made progress towards reaching this ambitious objective over the past twelve months. The methodology that I use for the…
By Staff Reporter Kingswood College are delighted to announce another set of terrific results with a 100% pass and 93% Bachelor Degree pass. 2024 Dux and Deputy Head Boy Jason Connan did not shrink from his potential when he clinched 8 A’s for Afrikaans FA, English HL, IT, LO, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Further Studies Mathematics. This following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were also top achievers at Kingswood College, where they attended school. Jason’s father, James, was runner-up to Dux in his year (1991) while Jason’s grandfather, Ernest, was Dux at Kingswood in…
By Luvuyo Mjekula The national matric pass rate has soared from 82.9% in 2023 to more than 87% in 2024, the highest in the history of South Africa. This was announced by Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube as she delivered the National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric results in Johannesburg a short while ago. The Free State came first with a pass rate of 94%, with the Eastern Cape lying ninth at 85%. The minister proudly announced that each of the nine provinces achieved a pass rate of more than 84%. The results per province: Free State – 94% KZN -…