Former Grocott’s Mail journalist Andile Ecalpar Nayika will launch his first solo publication during this year’s National Arts Festival. Better known on the art scene as Ecalpar, Nayika lives in Nelson Mandela Bay, but is originally from Makhanda. Akuwe – The Poetry Collection is to be printed this week and will be launched at the Amazwi South African Literature Museum as part of the National Arts Festival’s literature programme on the 3 July from 5pm. https://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/events/book-launch-akuwe-the-poetry-collection/ Nayika also plans to introduce the creative public to his company Ecalpar (Pty) Ltd. which is heading the publication of the book in partnership with Skawara News and…
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GBS Mutual Bank has donated R600 000 towards improvement of public education in Makhanda this year. The funds have been allocated to boosting Rhodes University’s Nine Tenths Mentoring Programme, towards bursaries for eight students who fall in the “missing middle” category, and to the installation of water tanks at 20 of Rhodes University’s partner pre-schools. “GBS strongly believes that every child in Makhanda (Grahamstown) should be afforded the opportunity to have a quality education, and that access to a Rhodes University education can positively affect personal and family circumstances,” said Diana Hornby, Director of Rhodes University’s Community Engagement Division. “Which…
BY DAN WYLIE Makhanda – advertises itself as the “Creative City” – and no one who attends Acoustic Cafe, or Reddits poetry, or the craft fairs, will deny that our little town is crammed with extraordinary talent: musicians, poets, painters, ceramicists, quilters… Wonderful stuff. What might be ‘seen’ but overlooked is some of its street art. There’s not a lot of it, perhaps, and it varies from the mediocre and opportunistic to the really rather good. Some of it is merely decorative, some partakes of the historically subversive nature of Banksy-like “tagging”, propounding political and economic views normally suppressed or…
Treaty of Versailles Centenary After the Armistice at 11am on 11 November 1918 brought the fighting to an end, the peace talks began in Paris in January 1919. Germany was excluded from the negotiations. American president Woodrow Wilson had delivered a speech (known as the Fourteen Points) that declared the American peace objectives: the rebuilding of the European economy, self-determination of European ethnic groups, and above all, the creation of a powerful League of Nations that would ensure the peace. French prime minister Georges Clemenceau had other ideas. France had lost 1.3 million soldiers, including 25% of French men aged…
The South African Police Service in Seafield are seeking the assistance of any person who may be able to assist with the identification of a body. During November 2018 the body of an African Male was found in the Kleinemond river near Port Alfred. The body was in a state of decomposition, but the male is estimated to be in his late twenties. The SAPS are seeking the assistance of any person who may be aware of a person who may have gone missing in the area around the time that the body was recovered. Several enquiries have been made…
Kingswood College celebrated Hi-Tec security guard Mini Meyer Dial on Monday morning with a naming ceremony to honour his role at the Junior School. Dial, as he is affectionately known, has worked as part of the Kingswood team for a number of years and in that time he has made a huge impact. ‘We all have contact with Dial on a daily basis, whether it be crossing the road, or passing him at the Music School or seeing him accompanying children to their various destinations,’ said Junior School Head James Hough. ‘Dial has always taken his role very seriously,…
The SAPS commercial crimes unit have busted a prominent lawyer (47) and his employee (49) for fraud. As part of a sustained effort to rid the Province of fraud and corruption, the Provincial Commercial Crimes Investigation Unit in the Eastern Cape nabbed a prominent attorney together with one of his employees in the early hours of this morning, 20 June 2019 in Bhisho. The arrests are a sequel to the establishment of a Task Team which was assigned to investigate three (3) cases of fraud suspected to have been committed within the Department of Health in Bhisho. According to the…
Voter registration will take place this weekend, 22 and 23 June 2019 in Makana Municipality ahead of the Ward 12 by-election on 7 August. Makana is one of three Eastern Cape municipalities where there will be by-elections on that date. The others are Mnquma Local Municipality (Ward 21) and Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (Ward 10). The electoral commission has called on residents in these wards to ensure they are registered in order to participate in the by elections on 7 August 2019. Voting stations within the affected wards will be open for registration from 8am to 5pm on both days, 22…
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission will host the second leg of its provincial conferences at the East London International Convention Centre on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 from 9am. The provincial conference, whose primary aim focuses on educating citizens and businesses on benefits and advantages of B-BBEE follows the successful hosting of the first provincial conference in Mpumalanga last week, which was attended by more than 500 people. The provincial conferences are part of the major education and awareness programme to educate, create awareness, and showcase services of the B-BBEE Commission and various related government entities that are tailor…
Rhodes University Archery Club Team members once again did very well at the 2019 SA National Championships held at Marks Park Sports Club in Johannesburg from 19th to 21st of April. The championships comprised of a 1440 round, a 720 round with eliminations, as well as university, provincial and mixed team events. The Rhodes Archery Team included Lance Ho, Matthew Barwick, Kizito Mukasa, James McAlpine and Gareth Ross competing in the Compound Men division, Derryn Nel in Compound Women, Yashin Naidoo in Recurve Junior Men and Trevor Rochat in Recurve Limited. Yashin Naidoo won the Recurve Junior Men SA National Champion title…