By Chesley Daniels In a thrilling Score Energy Drink Epru Grand Challenge Bottom 12 second-round fixture, St Marks Alicedale’s 1st XV edged out Eastern PE 24-17 at the Alicedale Sports Ground on Saturday. The bonus point victory propelled St Marks to 44 league log points, tied with their opponents and crucially boosting their relegation survival hopes. St Marks’ captain Charles Oosthuizen led by example, scoring a brace of tries in the first half. The home side’s powerful pack provided quality lineout driving mauls, laying the foundation for Oosthuizen’s tries. Brian Buys also crossed the whitewash, as St Marks took a…
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By Chesley Daniels In a stunning display of dominance, Rhodes University’s 1st XV rugby team annihilated Swallows 50-17 in their Epru Adams Cup second-round fixture at the Rhodes University Great Field on Saturday. The students’ breathtaking second-half performance left the 2023 Sedru champions reeling. The initial 40 minutes were a tightly contested affair, with Rhodes edging Swallows 12-7 at halftime. The Students’ forwards laid the foundation, while their backs probed for openings. Swallows, however, remained resilient, capitalizing on Rhodes’ errors to stay within striking distance. The floodgates opened in the second half as Rhodes unleashed a devastating attacking spree, running…
By Chris Totobela Joza Indoor Sports Centre is expeted to be packed with boxing fans on Saturday as women from all over the province will be exchanging leather. The all-women breast cancer awareness tournament has attracted a lot of interest from the public and promises fireworks. This event has now been moved to Joza Indoor Sports Centre and will no longer be held at the Hlalani community hall as was previously planned. Mfuzo, Masakheke, Rhodes University and Vukani boxing clubs will represent Makhanda against Acemates Academy from Qonce, Dabhan from Peddie, Hotspurs from Gqeberha, Mali Boxing Academy from Bathurst, Stinging…
With September being Heritage Month and Tuesday, 24 September, Heritage Day, Grocott’s Mail reporters Sindisiwe Tshona and Nosiphiwe Nyangana hit the streets recently to ask Makhanda residents what heritage meant to them and what they would be doing on Heritage Day. Bernadette Hubbart from Makhanda I feel connected by looks with one of my heritages, but I don’t know the language that my people came from, the dances, or the songs they sang, which can be a bit lonely sometimes. As an Irish and Afrikaans mix, I know the Afrikaans side more, they are fond of their culture, they keep…
By Chris Totobela In this week’s Heritage Month feature, we reflect on one of the longest serving coaches in local football and one of the most underrated tacticians Makhanda has ever produced. Mzwandile Ntlanjeni, affectionately known as Louis in football circles, comes from a family with a rich sporting history. He got involved in football at a very young age while he was still at NV Cewu Primary School. Ntlanjeni established a soccer team and named it Swallows, which became the feeder team to Joza Callies, popularly known as AmaKenya. Ntlanjeni played with the likes of Xolisile “Maradona” Booi, Mthuthuzeli…
By Steven Lang Can you really mix business and pleasure? Well if the business is educational, and the pleasure is a trip to the Addo Elephant Park, you most certainly can. That is what a group of 24 Rhodes University students set out to achieve last Saturday. The third-year audio journalism class left the Journalism and Media Studies building in two minibus vehicles just after six o clock in the morning. Singing at the top of their voices for one-and-a-half hours all the way to the Main Camp showed their excitement. For most people in the group, it was their…
By Staff Reporter Olympic silver medallist Shaun Maswanganyi spent time motivating local pupils at the Triangular Athletics Meeting between Grey High School, Kingswood College and St Andrew’s College in Makhanda on Tuesday. The South African sprinter took time during his off-season to come to Makhanda for the day. He spent time with the local athletes, talked about his life experiences and inspired the pupils about working hard towards their dreams. “St Andrew’s College enjoyed a wonderful day with 2024 Olympian, Shaun Maswanganyi, when he was a guest at our school on Tuesday this week,” the school said in a statement.…
NguChris Totobela Akudlalwa kuyadlalwa ngoku kwisigaba sokuqala seMakana LFA nanjengoko amaqela ezijaca, ezijula ijacu. NgoMgqibelo, iRising Stars ibethe iSantos ngamanqaku amathathu kwelinye, logama iCameroon igqebhe iJoza Stars iduma elingophiyo ngamanqaku amabini kwelinye, yaze yona iBlack Stars yashiya abantu bebambe ongezantsi ngethuba iqubula iEagles ngamathathu kwamabini. ITantyi Eleven iye yabuyisa isidima sayo ibhaxabula iVukani Anchors ngamane kwelinye, logama yona iRiebeek East Academy ibingathi idiliza ityotyombe ngethuba itywatyusha iMayfield ngamanqaku asithoba eqandeni. NgeCawe, iJacaranda Academy ibambene neBlack Stars ngamabini macala logama iTantyi Eleven ibethe iMayfield ngamanqaku amabini eqandeni, yaze yona iEagles yabetha iSantos ngenqaku elinye eqandeni. ICameroon ithomalaliswe amandla yiRiebeek East Academy…
By Chris Totobela Fifteen-year-old Makhanda boxer Sangenathi Valela is hard at work preparing for another significant moment in her young boxing career. The Masibambane Boxing Club product is scheduled to compete in the national boxing championships in Limpopo from 24 to 30 September. The hard-hitting Valela, who moved weight from 54kg to 60kg this year, knocked out Lunathi Cunge in the first round at local trials, and went on to defeat Owethu Mxuma on points at district trials held at the Joza Indoor Sports Centre. After her success at local and district levels, Valela made her way to the provincial…