Tribute to Piwe Gqwetha By Jeff Budaza Like the sun in the dark, you came to our lives and made us to see that the world is beautiful. Like a diamond in the dark mines, you came and gave us hope. At this crazy institution, you were everything to those who met you: Such a considerate comrade to her colleagues; Such a loving daughter to her parents; Such a caring sister to her sisters; The first day we met I asked for a cup of tea; The last day you left, you asked for a hug. If I were Shakespeare,…
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David Wright is the new Head of the Kingswood College Senior School. Wright was born in Johannesburg and matriculated at St Stithians College in Randburg, graduated with a BSc Hons degree from Rhodes University and obtained a Higher Diploma in Education with distinction from Rhodes University. After having taught at Millfield School in Somerset, England, he joined the Diocesan School for Girls where he gained considerable experience as Head of the Life Orientation Department, Head of the Geography Department and Director of Sport. In 2010 he was promoted to the position of Senior Deputy Head: Operations and Pupil Affairs, at DSG.…
This year Kingswood is looking into different ways in which they can reduce their carbon footprint on their campus by advocating for greener alternatives. “We wish to inspire change not only on our own campus but in the broader community by using our small everyday actions, to make lasting change,” College Head Colleen Vassiliou said. “We encourage our broader Kingswood family to join us in this project and to help us leave a living legacy for future generations.” At the first assembly of the term, each pupil received a shopper bag to combat the use of plastic packets for purchases…
Youth development programme, Student Sponsorship Programme offers five-year high school sponsorships to gifted children from under-resourced homes to attend one of the top 25 schools nationwide. SSP Scholars, Vile Diko and Pelela Mpotulo took home distinctions in isiXhosa and Life Orientation at the Diocesan School for Girls in the recent IEB matric examinations. Their families applied for the SSP Scholarship. The application was an in-depth 10-month process, which included an entrance exam, interviews with her parents, and tests to assess her IQ and emotional quotient (EQ). It concluded with a finalist camp to assess peer interaction. Born and raised in…
A young Graeme College 1st XI cricket side has had a very constructive start to the year. Graeme College hosted this year’s Grahamstown Schools’ Cricket Festival, which was uncharacteristically hampered by the very welcome rain. Graeme won comfortably in a T20 fixture against Cambridge on the first day. Viwe Gana (2 for 19) was the pick of the Graeme bowlers, as they restricted Cambridge to 94/ 3 after their 20 overs. Graeme got off to a good start in the run chase which meant that Cambridge was always going to struggle to pull back the momentum. Fabio Rischbieter batted superbly scoring 32 off…
Three men aged 22-31 were arrested yesterday, 20 January 2020 in Makhanda, after they were found with an illegal firearm, three sheep carcasses, and sheep skins. South African Police Service spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni said the arrest followed after a case of stock theft was reported by a local farmer. The farmer had found 10 slaughter sites on his farm, leading him to realise 10 sheep had been stolen and slaughtered. The South African Police Service’s Crime Intelligence, the Operational Command Centre and the Port Alfred Dog Unit had co-operated closely, Tonjeni said. First, they had recovered an illegal firearm.…
STAFF REPORTER For a farewell present at the end of 2019, Professor George Euvrard asked his colleagues in the Education Department at Rhodes to join him on his last walk ever to work. Almost every day over the last 34 years years residents will have seen Euvrard walking from his home in St Aidan’s Avenue to office, back at lunch-time, and then all again in the afternoon. Except this time the walk was to be the 11km scenic round route through the countryside that he has been doing for the past few months. “When I walk and run this…
The Isuzu Southern King and DHL Stormers will be out to test their respective squad depth when they take each other on in a friendly encounter in Knysna on Friday 17 January. The Isuzu Southern Kings recently started the second half of their 2019/20 Guinness PRO14 season and have a crucial derby ahead against the Cheetahs which will be played in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 25 January. Meanwhile, the Cape Town-based Stormers are preparing for the start of their 2020 Super Rugby season. Isuzu Southern Kings interim Head Coach, Robbi Kempson, confirmed that the Knysna fixture will be used by…
No fewer than 996 suspects were arrested over seven days through well organised interventions under Operation Safer Festive Season, Eastern Cape police spokesperson Colonel Sibongile Soci reported. Out of the 996 suspects, ten were arrested for rape, 145 assault GBH, 50 burglary, 13 murder, 50 for burglary, 40 assault common and 28 for robberies. “Our approach was directed at hitting hard on the primary generators of crime, namely alcohol and drug abuse,” Soci said. “Seventy two suspects were apprehended for drinking in public while 14 were taken in for illegal dealing in liquor.” A total of 20 300 litres of…
The Amazwi South African Museum of Literature hosts the launch of the poetry collection ‘Predictive Text’ on Wednesday 15 January. In a series of tender, bite-sized poems on being a writer, loneliness, faith, patriarchy, climate change, grief, and more, Crystal Warren offers up an ode to the everyday. With Warren’s signature light touch, Predictive Text is sensitive, unaffected, a relief from the brash, unrelenting tumult of 21st century life, while tethered to deeper truths. Crystal grew up in Port Elizabeth but has spent her entire adult life in Makhanda. She has studied librarianship, English literature and History and worked as a librarian,…