Author: Michael Salzwedel

Grahamstown’s 6th South African Infantry Battalion is home to more than 1000 soldiers. Less than half of them are women, who have learnt that following rules is part of both their private and work lives, and are finding that juggling dating and falling pregnant with fighting for their country is both challenging and rewarding.

India comes to you in the form of a fashion show, singing and traditional Indian bharatanatyam dances at Saturday night’s Experience India cultural show at the 1820 Settler’s National Monument.

Between dealing with landlords, middle-manning through an estate agent, getting along with the neighbours or signing a lease, moving into a digs can be a big decision for any student.

For those of you who missed Christine Dixie’s intimate and exclusive walkthrough of her latest exhibition, The Binding, we take a brief look at this beautiful and bazaar exhibition and provide some of the meaning, metaphors and motivations behind the toy soldiers and nude child images. The meaning

One week. That is how long former Eastern Province (EP) rugby player Zandile Gxala had to get together an under 16 women’s team for Winter Rose Rugby Club.

It was a sight to see: a room full of cyclists, sweating it out for charity, bobbing to the beats of local DJs and a steel band.

The ANCYL has said it will go ahead with its provincial conference today and tomorrow despite a decision by Judge Belinda Hartle in the Grahamstown High Court this morning to uphold Judge Nomatamsanqa Beshe’s earlier ruling that prohibited the conference from taking place.

Security at the talk by Dr Kenneth Kaunda, the controversial former president of Zambia, included a bomb squad and a VIP unit dispatched from Bisho. Despite formidable appearances, the VIP unit was quite disorganised.

Rhodes University’s Kingsley Buitendag is one of the two finalists for composition in the Jazz category in the SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) Overseas Scholarships Competition.

Two wives of foreign nationals living in Grahamstown say they have had mixed experiences with locals making xenophobic threats towards them.