A big shout-out to M Events Weekly for these listings. REPEAT EVENTS/ FESTIVALS The Carinus Art Centre Annual Art Exhibition(Wednesday 21 – Thursday 29 September)@ The Carinus Art Centre, 84 Beaufort Street08:00 – 15:00Free entry SùnnùkùnA solo exhibition of potteryBy Oluwasegun QuadriHosted by Rhodes University, National Research Foundation, & Arts of Africa and Global SouthsCurated by Ruth SimbaoFriday 16 – Friday 30 September@ RAW Spot Gallery, Rhodes University, 5 Rhodes AvenueMon – Fri: 09:00 – 16:00Sat 09:00 – 13:00Free entry FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER Live Music with LeroyNeo Soul, Afro Jazz, and PopDrinks specials@ The Pothole and Donkey19:00 – 21:00(very popular…
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By NWABISA MOYO Many stories were buried with the deaths of struggle heroes who fought for our freedom. In collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Rhodes University Cory library has found a way to dig up our past, dust it off and place it back into the public realm by digitising the Cradock Four inquest documentation. In 2020, the HRF reopened the Cradock Four case. The Cradock Four was a collective name for four anti-apartheid activists, Fort Calata, Mathew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli, and Sparrow Mkhonto. They were assaulted and murdered at a roadblock set by the Security Branch on…
By LOYISO DYONGMAN The waste-pickers who were removed by the Makana Municipality from their camps at the landfill site in 2020 now travel long distances to salvage food and scrap metal. They say the municipality treats them like criminals. In September 2015, the Grahamstown High Court ordered the municipality to bring the municipal dump site off Strowan Road into line with environmental legislation. This included refurbishing the perimeter fence, controlling access to the site, developing a waste-screening mechanism, and appointing an independent specialist to review environmental monitoring data. When the site upgrade started, the municipality removed the occupiers and denied…
By MIGCOBO MAJALI Some of the more than 20 community kitchens that started around Makhanda in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown are still active. But kitchen organisers say donations have been much harder to come by in 2022, and many people are hungry. Makana Residents’ Association (MRA) chairperson Sally Price-Smith confirmed that over 58 000 meals had been served since the start of this year. “The figure is probably an understatement as some have just been added to our list,” she said. The number does not include the Grahamstown Feeding Association (GFA), which supplies meals to about 100 people…
By LOYISO DYONGMAN As Makhanda again struggles with intermittent water supply, exacerbated by Stage 6 load-shedding, residents will have to wait until at least June 2023 for the long-awaited upgrade to the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Plant. This will be six years after its initial completion deadline, which was set for 2017. Amatola Water communications and stakeholders manager Nosisa Sogayise said it was anticipated that a new construction company would be appointed in mid-October to restart the project after the contract with Mamlambo was terminated on 2 June 2022. Mamlambo went into liquidation and continually failed to meet the completion deadlines given…
A Heritage Day Fun Run to raise funds for disadvantaged learners will be held at 7 am on Saturday at the Rhodes University Great Field. Funds will be managed by the Tuksie Educational Trust Fund, launched earlier this year in the name of Makhandan Felicia Ngeniswa Mbebetho-Nkwinti, better known as Tuksie. Felicia Ngeniswa Mbebetho-Nkwinti Ma Tuksie away in December 2020. She started her career in Makhanda, later becoming a principal and isiXhosa educator at Leap Mathematics and Science School in Cape Town. Family members decided to set up a trust fund to honour her legacy of educational excellence, especially in…
By GEOFF EMBLING, Democratic Alliance Ward 4 Councillor Seven members of parliament from Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) paid an oversight visit to Makana Municipality on 17 September 2022. National COGTA is a multi-party portfolio committee that scrutinises local municipality governance and holds them to account. COGTA spent a full day at the monument sharing its findings on Makana, asking questions, and listening to stakeholders’ complaints. Each member of COGTA, regardless of political party affiliation, was scathing of the administration running Makana Municipality. Throughout the day, COGTA’s primary target was the Municipal Manager (MM), the chief accounting officer, for…
By CHESLEY DANIELS Classy batsman Cariston Haarhof scooped most of the awards at the Annual Willows Cricket Club’s Awards Ceremony Dinner on Friday Evening. The Prestigious Event took place at Goldrush Bingo and was once again a huge success. The glamorous event was well attended by club members, former players, special guests, sponsors and parents. Haarhof received the most important award of the evening, Player of the Season, and was named the club’s Best Player. Haarhof also walked away with the Best Batsman and was honoured for his remarkable and outstanding performances the past season – and deservedly so. He…
By CHESLEY DANIELS Newly promoted side Station Hill made history with their first win in the Grahamstown Cricket Board (GCB) 1st League over Rhodes at Great Field on Saturday. Station Hill won with an astonishing 105-run bonus point win. Station Hill was rewarded for their consistent performances over the past few seasons in the 2nd League and won the league on a few occasions. This season, they were promoted after the Club formally applied to the GCB. Rhodes went into the fixture as firm favourites and enjoyed a home ground advantage. The visitors batted first and had a slow start,…
By ROD AMNER As the death of Queen Elizabeth dominated headlines and social media posts, Grocott’s published a story about our town’s historical connection to Britain’s longest-reigned monarch. ‘When Lilibet came to town’ touches on the British royal family’s visit to Alicedale and Grahamstown in 1947. When the article went up on Facebook, it elicited several comments. Some were delighted and intrigued, and others added their anecdotes of the royal visit to the story. But, several readers were unimpressed, some angry: “We’re not interested.””Can the UK give us the queen’s crown to build schools in places like Alicedale? Or say…