Author: Steven Lang

This is a summarised version of the speech delivered on September 8 by Fleur Way-Jones at a ceremony marking the temporary closure of the Observatory Museum on Bathurst Street. The Observatory will be closed while the Department of Public Works undertakes a full restoration of the museum.   The Galpin family Henry Carter Galpin was born on 16 June 1820 in Bridport Dorsetshire, England. As a young man he was sent to Ireland to survey for a railway line, but hours every day in the Irish bogs affected his health. He left for London where he recovered and spent time…

(((This one is the page 1 pic – high res on its way!!!)))) Rhodes University Vice Chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who visited Grahamstown on Sunday. He addressed a mostly Rhodes audience in the university’s Barratt lecture theatre in the morning, and an enthusiastic crowd of close to 2 000 in the Indoor Sprt Centre in Joza in the afternoon. Photo: Steven Lang By STEVEN LANG Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, was adamant that Rhodes University should not be closed. He said that “if you want me to hold a placard that will…