By SBONISO THOMBENI It is not very often one can spend their lunch hour watching a piece of theatre. Even more unlikely is that within that hour one would not only watch, but also get the opportunity to perform on stage. This was the order of business in a theatrical event held at the Rhodes University Drama Department by applied theatre honours student Nompumelelo Kubheka. Titled ‘Our Spaces: Why Keep the Boxes’, this legislative theatre event was aimed at highlighting the plight of gender variant students on campus. Through a performance technique known as Forum Theatre, the event aimed at…
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The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) said with the number of applications well past 200 000, they had received 50 000 more applications than at the same time in 2018. However, of the 216 758 applications received since the opening of the 2020 application cycle on 1 September 2019, only 10% of the applicants had chosen TVET colleges as their preferred institution of study. Enrolment at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges is key to critical skills development as part of the government’s National Development Plan. NSFAS reached the 216 758 applications mark only six weeks after the…
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), working with South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) and the Butterworth police on Friday 18 October arrested five people who allegedly presented fraudulent lists of beneficiaries to a SASSA official. Hailing the arrests as a breakthrough, SASSA said had these attempted transactions not been intercepted, they could have resulted in fraudulent grant withdrawals involving large sums. In a statement, SASSA said, “It has since become clear that the syndicate is operating from Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, since all fraudulent grant withdrawals are made there.” SASSA said its partnership with law-enforcement agencies, as…
The 4th annual BUYEL’EKHAYA FASHION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WORKSHOP on 10 AND 11 OCTOBER 2019 at the Miriam Makeba Centre of Performing Arts in East London was hugely successful. The names and places of residence of the 10 selected young, successful beneficiaries of a 10-day mentorship programme with acclaimed fashion designer, Palesa Mokubung, at her Johannesburg studios from 21 October to 1 November 2019, are below: Wendy Nortey – East London Sinalo Tshaya – East London Gcaleka Thobile – Butterworth Khema Akhonke – Butterworth Holoholo Avumile – Butterworth Sikhabeu Vuyiswa – Butterworth Lindokuhle Monjane – Butterworth Cebolenkosi Shibe – Butterworth Yakhuxolo Mvambo – Butterworth Zalisile Stuurman –…
Addo was just short of an all-time record high yesterday, as a large part of the Eastern Cape experienced temperatures in the high 30s up to the mid-40s yesterday. At 45C, Addo was just short of the area’s all-time record of 45.5C. A group of primary school children from Makhanda on a two-day tour to the Addo Elephant National Park were kept indoors at the height of the day’s heat. “It was unbearable outdoors,” one teacher said. Next hottest were Fort Beaufort (42.5C), Middleton (42.3C) and Graaff Reinet (40C) with Makhanda next at a more moderate 39.6C. Garth Sampson, Client Liaison…
The Isuzu Southern Kings are in their final preparations for the first tour of the 2019/20 Guinness PRO14 season. Following three opening matches at home at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, the team will now travel to Italy, Scotland and Wales over the next three weeks where they will take on Benetton (Stadio Manigo, October 26), Glasgow Warriors (Scotstoun Stadium, November 1) and Ospreys (Liberty Stadium, November 9). A 26-man playing squad will travel early next week for Treviso, Italy. The team will then be joined by scrumhalf, Stefan Ungerer, on the second leg of the tour in Glasgow, Scotland.…
In less than three weeks, Makhanda bodybuilder Jeremy Welkom will be packing his bags for Mexico to represent South Africa in the World Championships of the World Fitness Federation. The 25-year-old old body builder and personal trainer, who is a Graeme College alumnus, was selected for Team SA at the National Amateur Body Building Association Championships at Unisa in Pretoria last weekend. The World Fitness Federation Championships will take place in Mexico on 9 and 10 November 2019. Hard-working Welkom, who is currently working as a personal trainer at Zone Fitness in Cape Town, will be competing in the Male Sports Model…
A concert on Sunday 20 October at 3pm in the St Andrew’s College Chapel will launch the Makhanda Kwantu Choir’s fundraising campaign to participate in the 2020 World Choir Games in Belgium. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to help raise the funds needed to transport the 25-strong choir to the international event. The world’s biggest choral festival takes place every two years on a different continent. In 2020 the Games will take place in two cities of the Flanders region: Antwerp and Ghent. Based on Olympic ideals, The World Choir Games aims to peacefully unite people and nations…
FIVE FEET APART – 6pm Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control – all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There’s an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction. Watch the trailer here CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? – 8.15pm Lee Israel is…
By JUDITH REYNOLDS In last week’s piece I argued that cancer risk can be reduced by making lifestyle changes. Today I’m focusing on making changes in what we eat and drink. Let me start with the ‘why’ of making changes in diet. You are what you eat. Actually it’s probably more accurate to say ‘you are what you absorb’ but let’s stick with ‘you are what you eat’ for now. Your body is making new cells all the time. Some cells, like those in your stomach and your white blood cells, only last a few days before they have to…