Rhodes University’s Professor Adrienne Edkins has received close to 2 million rand from the UK Government to tackle HIV-related cancer as part of an international initiative to understand and treat HIV related cancer. Professor Edkins, the Director of the Rhodes University Biomedical Biotechnology research Unit and South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair for Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Eukaryotic Stress Response, is part of an international programme, which aims to provide opportunities for researchers in developing countries to foster long-term research partnerships with those in the United Kingdom (UK). In Professor Edkins’ case, the programme enables her to…
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Following on from the now popular call by the President for ‘us’ to be sent, The President’s Award youth in the Eastern Cape have begun to live this motto and thus far a remarkable amount of work has been done. Cathcart participants painted Daliwe Primary School toilet block; in Aliwal North, The House of Hope was cleaned, repaired and painted and Kwakomani High School in Queenstown fixed a rural school in Lehmansdrift. Locally in Grahamstown, PJ Olivier High School participants repaired sealed and painted their library windows. The list goes on and on! As one participant from Aliwal North said,…
Lumo and the SPCA got the majority vote on the eve of the national election, as around 100 dogs and 600 owners took to the streets to raise funds for the SPCA. Organiser Benita Tarr said: “The event was a huge success, but only due to help from Grocott’s, participants, sponsors, volunteers and especially the public. We raised up to date R13 670 we hope with the raffle that is running and the remaining t-shirts to sell, we will reach R20 000. We estimated over 600 people attended the walk and over 100 furries. This certainly is an amazing turn-out.…
World Belly Dance day will be celebrated in Grahamstown for the first time on Saturday 18 May 2019. Gigi Belly Dance Studio will be hosting a show with participating studios from Port Elizabeth and Port Alfred. The show will take place at the now Amazwi (formerly NELM) auditorium (5:30 for 6pm). The show is family friendly and the venue is wheelchair friendly. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time or at the door on show night at R60 per person. Each ticket number will be entered into a lucky draw for spot prizes. To book your ticket, please contact Serelda…
Nombulelo Secondary School had a fantastic week last week. At the Makhanda chess trials held at Victoria Girls’ High School, of the seven places in the U18 boys’ team, three were taken by Nombulelo learners. Even more impressively, at the Makhanda round of the National choir Eisteddfod, Nombulelo took first position in the Girls’ Massed Choir, the Western and African pieces of the mixed choirs and the mezzo-soprano categories; first and second places in the soprano and baritone categories and second place in the tenors.
Nebula Productions and the National Arts Festival are delighted to be able to present a dash of ballet, a sprinkling of opera and a measure of Shakespeare on our big screen in 2019. Please diarise these dates – all screenings take place in the Olive Schreiner Hall in the Monument and start at 6pm. Tickets are R75 for adults and R65 for students, children and pensioners. Movie Club members get a R10 discount so bring along your membership card. A tuckshop will be available. Call Kate on 046 603 1163 if you have any queries or to pre-book. 17 May…
By Maggy Clarke The Dean and Cathedral of St Michael and St George Makhanda (Grahamstown) are delighted to announce that their new Director of Music, Cameron Luke, arrived from the UK in time for the Easter services. Anyone who knows anyone connected with the Cathedral is aware of the long and uncertain wait since the departure of Dr A-J Bethke, at Easter two years ago. This was caused by endless confusion and complications in the process of Luke’s visa application. It is a tribute to his gentle but tenacious persistence that he has at last succeeded in obtaining a five-year…
A few kilometres to the north of Makhanda (Grahamstown), on what was once the working farm of Beaconsfield, is the expansive property and factory of clay brick manufacturers, Makana Brick, which produces high volumes of the best quality clay bricks. Formed in 1994, this year marks the 25th anniversary of Makana Brick, and the company is celebrating throughout 2019 with the community and by giving to the community. Makana Brick has, in its 25 years with CEO Colin Meyer at the helm, grown to become the largest clay brick manufacturer between Durban and Cape Town. Meyer said at a staff…
The Carinus Art Centre is once again holding its very successful and entertaining Art Auction on 18 May at 6.30pm at the school. Our 2019 theme is ‘PLATINUM JUBILEE’ as the Carinus Art Centre is turning 70 this year. On auction is an exciting list of very well-known artists from other parts of the country as well as excellent artists from the Eastern Cape who have generously donated works! These include paintings by Ade Kapidiades, Nicholaas Maritz, Jacqueline Griffin-Jones, Chanelle Staude, Julia Skeen, David Bunyon and Gill Maylam; Photographs by Simon Pamphilon, Roddy Fox and CJ Chandler, a woodblock print…
In a small part of the Municipal Housing Department building in Joza is a vibrant group of people committed to making the lives of young school-going people in Joza more interesting and joyful. Opposite the Post Office, the Joza Youth Hub is a consortium of seven volunteer organisations each dedicated to offering after-school activities to enrich the experiences of school children. Spearheaded by the Rhodes University Community Engagement (RUCE) office, the organisations are responding creatively to our township children’s need for engaging activities that will enhance both their school and extracurricular experiences. RUCE works in partnership with these organisations to…