STAFF REPORTER Former Cluster Commander for the Grahamstown SAPS (then Brigadier) David Kanuka is the new District Commissioner in the OR Tambo District, effective from 1 October 2019. His appointment leads the South African Police Service’s alignment with a new District governance model launched in Lusikisiki this week. Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza announced Kanuka’s promotion this week after the official launch of the OR Tambo district model in Lusikisiki. Major General Kanuka is the first District Commissioner appointment in South Africa, as the South African Police Service restructures its organisational model from clusters to districts.…
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Dear Residents The severity of the ongoing drought conditions mean that the dam levels on the western side of Makhanda, namely, Settlers, Jameson, Milner and Howiesons Poort, have dropped below abstraction point. Supply to the Makhanda system is now wholly dependent on the small amount (0.5 megalitres a day) of water provided by the newly connected boreholes and the 13ML/day of water that is produced at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works. As a city we need 18 megalitres a day. In order to maintain equitable levels across all the city’s reservoirs, it has become necessary to implement water rationing.…
The St Andrew’s College Highland Festival takes place this weekend, 20-21 September 2019 in Makhanda (Grahamstown). Events over the two days include a Kilted Mile and 5km Fun Run/Walk in aid of Grahamstown SPCA, Ceilidh, Pipe Bands, Highland Dancing Competition, Entertainment Stage, Sheep Dog Show and Highland Games. There will also be a Children’s Entertainment Area and a Flea Market on Lower Field. The World Cup Rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand will also be screened live on big screens on Lower Field and in The Highlander. All the activities will take place from The Highlander in Worcester…
This week a Jumbo puzzle marked the 200th edition of the JDE Original South African Cryptic Crossword published in Grocott’s Mail. The co-founder of the Polar Plunge – Grahamstown’s mid-winter swim across Grey Dam – and the Indlela yoBuntu pilgrimage from Grahamstown to Cape Town, George Euvrard partnered with Grocott’s Mail to pilot the crossword – as far as Grocott’s or Euvrard knows the first of its kind – in August 2015. Euvrard spent time researching and developing the JDE Original South African Cryptic Crossword, a uniquely South Africanised cryptic crossword that is in the classic English genre but with…
By KAREN KEMP Twenty three anglers brave and optimistic anglers awoke to tackle what was going to be a very blustery day on the beach at Fish River Sun Resort at the end of last month We arrived on the beach at roughly 5.30am in the morning and began walking to scout out the area that we were fishing. At 6.20am we started the preparations as we waited for lines-in at 7am. As the clock hit lines-in time, as far as the eye could see anglers lines started going into the water looking for the prize fish that were on…
Music lovers are warmly invited the Pro Carmine Choir’s 40th Anniversary Concert at AMAZWI (formerly NELM) at 7pm on Wednesday 18 September. Entry is free and you’re invited to make a donation which will go to the Joza Reading and Chess Club. In 1979 an 8-member choir was formed by Peter Breetzke and Dorothy Hart (later Holder), who for several years were its joint conductors. It was called “Pro Carmine” (“for a song”), to celebrate the love of singing which had brought the musicians together, in a language (Latin) in which the choir often sings, and which in a way is timeless.…
Have you been recently divorced or widowed? Have you bought a new home? Have you been cohabitating with your partner for some time? Do you have a number of people that depend on you financially every month? If so, it is advisable to have a legally sound will to ensure that there are not competing claims on your estate when you pass away. The Rhodes University Law Clinic is participating in National Wills Week, which runs from 16-20 September 2019. During this time the Clinic, alongside attorney’s firms across the country, will draft free basic wills for any member of the…
New life for an old treasure: the Observatory Museum is open for business again! Colourful outfits, music and dancing marked a street parade and ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the Observatory Museum in Bathurst Street to mark its official re-opening on Friday 6 September. Five local learners made their schools proud and were awarded prizes ranging from laptops to school bags for an essay on the Eastern Frontier War, focusing on the San. The Museum was closed last year while the Department of Public Works undertook extensive renovations to the structure, built in 1850. A popular tourist attraction, its origins as a Victorian…
Sensei George Best’s Seminar in Makhanda over the weekend was the second of three seminars held in South Africa over the past week. The first of these took place in Kempton Park on Thursday evening, with the final one being held in Cape Town this evening. The Makhanda Seminar took place in the Thomas Pringle Hall with the assistance of the Grahamstown Foundation. More than 100 karateka from East London, Port Elizabeth, Somerset East, Port Alfred and Makhanda attended the local Seminar which was held on Saturday and Sunday. Best hails from Manchester, England, where he is a full-time karate…
Join Joza Karate Club and Mfuzo Boxing Camp at their 8km fun run this Saturday – and support a fantastic cause while you’re doing it! Joza Karate Club and Mfuzo Boxing Camp are hosting an 8km fun run this Saturday 14 September 2019 in Joza Location. It’s a morning of fun – but also a chance for people doing different sports from across the city to come together to celebrate the health and well-being that being active brings. Registration at Miki Yili rugby stadium opens at 8am for the 9.30am start. There will be route marshals and water points. The entry fee…