Innovative and cutting-edge productions at this year’s Fringe programme of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown will be recognised by the new Standard Bank Ovation awards.
Author: Michael Salzwedel
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Father’s Day is on Sunday 20 June, and to mark the occasion Grocott’s Mail is running a Grahamstown Father and Child look-alike competition. View the photo gallery here and vote for your winner here.
Grahamstown’s National Arts Festival continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to being a socially responsible and an environmentally friendly festival. The Festival’s several development projects will run full steam from 20 June – 4 July.
Today is the day that millions of South Africans have been eagerly waiting for – today is the day that the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off. Bafana Bafana face Mexico at 4pm in the opening game.
The seat of the High Court is to be moved away from Grahamstown to the province’s capital, Bhisho. The announcement was made during a farewell dinner held for outgoing Eastern Cape Judge President Cecil Somyalo.
Earlier this week, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe announced his intention to establish the seat of the High Court in the Eastern Cape in Bhisho, according to the objectives outlined in the Superior Courts Bill.
The dispute between the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the South African Local Government Association (Salga) was resolved on Wednesday, but some Grahamstown Samwu members have expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision taken by the national structure of the union.
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) strike has been called off after the union reached an agreement with the South African Local Government Association (Salga) on Wednesday.
A group of striking South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) members assaulted local businessman Devlin Bosman in New Street on Monday after he enquired as to why the protesters were throwing beer bottles at parked vehicles.
The 1820 Settlers National Monument is to be turned into South Africa’s biggest 1-stop travel complex, complete with a state-of-the-art workshop, accommodation, restaurants, an IMAX movie theatre, a health centre, a nightclub and an aquarium.