By CHRIS TOTOBELA Joza residents celebrated June 16 in grand style with music and dance as the B-fabbs hosted a Makhanda Youth Talent Show at Noluthando Hall. Event organiser Simamkele Xako delivered an impressive spectacle for the enthusiastic crowd. The B-fabbs group. “We are creating a platform for our youth to show their talent. We want to use art to keep young people off the streets, prevent teenage pregnancy, and stop alcohol and drug abuse,” Xako said. The show’s MC, Nande Titi, kept the crowd alive with her dazzling dance moves and ability to engage the audience. It was an…
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Compiled by DAVID MANN, creativefeel.co.za This year’s offerings of live music, visual art, theatre, performance art and more are spread across several programmes. So far, the overarching themes present in this year’s works seem to be that of memory, identity, human connection, the natural world and more – enduring themes that took on an increased sense of urgency or required a deeper, more considered reading throughout the past two years of the pandemic. Ahead of the Festival, here are a few shows selected from the Curated Programme and the Fringe Programme. Curated programme picks: Kamphoer: 23 – 25 June Sandra Prinsloo in ‘Kamphoer’.…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA The situation in the Makana LFA First Division improved last weekend as teams honoured their fixtures. There were some very interesting games which got the fans excited. Young Stars collected two points as they drew with Young Ones and Maru Academy 1-1 and 2-2, respectively. It was a good weekend for Extension 7-based Seven Stars as they drew 1-1 with Leicester City and beat Vukani Anchors by half a dozen goals to one. Rising Stars avoided defeat as they drew 1-1 and 3-3 with Rieby United and Leicester City, respectively. Jacaranda Academy redeemed themselves after last weekend’s…
By MIXTAPES.CO.ZA June 16th is Youth Day in South Africa. This day commemorates June 16th 1976, when, on a wintery Wednesday morning, between 10 000 and 20 000 Soweto school children marched against the apartheid government’s decision to force them to be taught half their subjects in Afrikaans. The police used violence to stop the protest, and many students were shot, injured and killed. The uprising quickly spread across South Africa and became a protest against Bantu Education. June 16th became a landmark date, after which resistance to apartheid gradually spiralled, despite government attempts to suppress it. Like Sharpeville at…
The class of 1976 shook off the previous generation’s climate of fear and showed the country what it could achieve through mobilisation. Now, more than ever, we need to take heed, write ENVER MOTALA and SALIM VALLY for New Frame. The fact of the matter is that the rifles and ammunition that laid low Hector Pieterson and his comrades and sent the Tsietsi Mashininis into exile and the Dan Montsitsis into prison put an end to all illusions about achieving equality of conditions and of educational content as long as the system of racial capitalism [remained] in South Africa.Neville Alexander,…
A big shout-out to Nita’s Makhanda Events for these listings: THURSDAY 16 JUNE Grahamstown Feral Cat Project Family Fun Walk.Start @ Ikhala Veterinary Clinic, Strowan Road – Makana Vet Clinic, Old Bay Road (Industrial Area)09:00Adults: R20, Children under 12: R15, Dogs/ Pets: R10Cat food and blanket donations welcome [No U3A, will resume next week] Sharn & Lynne’s K-Day Pop UpA curation of personally selected homeware, clothing, and accessories10:00 – 16:00Lynne: 0828529130Sharn: 0832878330Free entry Youth DayRooted in PurposeOrganisers: FixingZAR & The Black Power StationStreet dance competition. Poetry. Igwijo. Marimba@ The Church Square12:00 – 15:00Free entry Grahamstown Bridge Club@ Grahamstown Bowling Club,…
The gnomes were hard at work filling potholes last week at a notoriously eroded intersection in town. They even had a gnome to serenade them – Jen Schneeberger. See Gavin Krastin’s 12 Labours at #NAF2022 bit.ly/3wfucgN Over the weekend, about 30 gnomes tackled a massive illegal dump with some heavy-duty vehicles in attendance. Jen Schneeberger sings the Makhandan blues as fellow gnomes tend to African Street potholes. Photo: Gavin Krastin
By BUHLE NTUSI Theatre and arts enthusiasts eagerly await the National Arts Festival to come back in full swing. Rewarding us for holding on through lockdown is the Japanese artist collective, Orangcosong. They are bringing a piece of Japan to Makhanda for the Festival with their performative adventure book, Engeki Quest. According to its website, this quest is a flaneur-style walking project to explore a city. The participants wander the city alone, relying on written instructions. Hailing from the Land of the Rising Sun, performers Minori Sumiyoshiyama and Chikara Fujiwara have always been enthralled with creating performance art pieces that…
By ROD AMNER Twenty-five of SA’s 257 municipalities received a disclaimer audit opinion, Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke said at a media briefing on Wednesday, 15 June. Makana Municipality is one of the 25, receiving its disclaimer for the third year running. A disclaimer is the worst result a municipality can receive from the AG, indicating that its financial statements have no value. “If you are unable to do the very basic thing of showing what you have done with public funds, it demonstrates that you have no commitment to living up to your moral obligation to serve as a steward,” Maluleke said.…
By ROD AMNER Democratic Alliance (DA) councillors Geoff Embling and Brian Jackson have lodged a formal objection to a nine per cent increase in property and water rates recommended in the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) budget adopted by a Special Council Meeting on 31 May. The property and water rate increase is significantly higher than South Africa’s average inflation rate of 5.7% for 2022. The councillors said residents objected to the proposed increase at a Ward 8 IDP Budget Roadshow in the City Hall on 25 May. Executive Mayor Yandiswa Vara, also the chair of the Budget Steering Committee, told…