By ADELE L MOODLY Manager of Academic Administration Suzette Flanagan presented the effect of horses on people’s well-being in her motivational address at the annual Registrar’s Division Women’s Day event on 10 August 2022. This event recognises women’s strengths in adversity and is done in commemoration of women and girl-children who continue to experience the injustices of a patriarchal system. Suzette mesmerised participants with her stunning images of engagement with her graceful, elegant and powerful horses (Misha, Venus, Cassie, Milly and Tally). She explained that it is not unusual to have a matriarchal leader in the equine family, with the…
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By STAFF REPORTER Situated for years in full view in the Alumni House foyer, a historical Visitors’ Book has been available for students, parents, alumni, and visitors to comment in and leave their details. Sadly, due to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI), this book will no longer be able to be used for its intended purpose. The book seems to have come into existence during a Gqeberha (then Port Elizabeth) reunion on 8 April 1963, as the first tranche of entries listed their addresses as PE, Walmer, or Uitenhage. The columns in the book include the current date,…
By STAFF REPORTER During the veld fire season and prevailing drought conditions, no burning or open fires are permitted within the borders of the Makana Municipality until 31 October 2022. The advisory comes from the Sarah Baartman District Municipality (SBDM) and the Eastern Cape Provincial Disaster Management Centre (EC-PDMC). Burning will be allowed under the following strict conditions: The Makana Chief Fire Officer must approve all burning operations according to their respective burning permit systems. In the absence of a Chief Fire Officer, the Fire Protection Officer of the local Fire Protection Association must approve all burning operations according to…
By ZIMKITA LINYANA and SIVE GINYA Ali Rizvi of Graeme College and Caca Hobongwana of Kingswood College will represent the Makhanda sub-region at the prestigious Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) after winning gold for their projects at the Makhanda regionals on Saturday, 6 August. Rizvi and Hobongwana will compete against the best young scientists from around the country and worldwide. Makhanda is one of 35 Expo regions in South Africa. Learners from Victoria Girls High, Ntsika Secondary School, Hoerskool PJ Olivier, and Oatlands Prep school also scooped awards. Scifest Africa manager and regional director for Eskom…
By ZIMKITA LINYANA and SIVE FAITH GINYA Grade 9 Graeme College learner Ali Rizvi and Grade 11 Kingwood College pupil Caca Hobongwana won gold awards at the Makhanda sub-regional Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. Rizvi’s project was entitled “vitamins and minerals and their effects on plants”, where he investigated the effects of Vitamin C; Calcium and Zinc on plants. Rizvi said his hypothesis was that his vitamins and minerals would enhance plant growth. This was motivated by his mother’s rose plants which “were not growing properly”. Ali’s hypothesis was wrong – at the end of the experiment, the plants fed…
By ZIMKITA LINYANA Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela officiated a sod-turning ceremony on Tuesday 2 August to mark the commencement of a R90 million, state-of-the-art global Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation (INI). Contemporaneously, Tuesday also marked the second day of National Science Week – an initiative by the Department of Science and Innovation, whose theme for 2022 is “Celebrating the role of basic sciences in the modern world.” The purpose of National Science Week is to illustrate the role of science in tackling challenges encountered when creating and sustaining a prosperous society. The week further highlights South Africa’s achievement as…
By ZIMKITA LINYANA Prof Dion Nkomo and the Rhodes University African Languages Department hosted a two-day language colloquium, from 21 to 22 July 2022, at the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature. Rhodes students, academics and guests unpacked the latest Language Policy Framework for Public Institutions of Higher Education against the university’s policies. Kicking off the colloquium was Rhodes Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sizwe Mabizela, who outlined the university’s position on the new language policy framework, which took effect on 1 January 2022. He said language must not be a barrier in education but should rather facilitate epistemological access and ensure student…
By ZIMKITA LINYANA Scifest Africa returns to its live format in Makhanda from 7-13 September 2022. This year’s theme is ‘Back to the Basics’, inspired by UNESCO’s ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022’. Scifest will highlight the crucial role of basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics) in sustainable development and emphasise their contributions to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Stripping it ‘Back to the Basics” will allow Scifest to refocus its goal of making science accessible to all. On Friday, 9 September, Dr Graham Walker will present the…
The Grade 8 and 9 boys from St Andrew’s repainted and fixed some of our yard jungle gyms and swings at Ikhayalosizo. They then took time out to braai and spend some time with the children. Photo Credit: SAC Facebook Photo: SAC Facebook Photo: SAC Facebook On Sunday, 16 July, St Andrew’s College boys started their 67 minutes for Mandela Day by revamping the Ikayalosizo play area. The College boys also spend most Friday afternoons reading to the children at the school. Photo: SAC Facebook
By ZIMKITA LINYANA Controversial former National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka dropped in on Makhandans at a packed Albany History Museum on Monday to promote a new biography of his life, Bulelani Ngcuka – The sting in the Tale. The biography, written by Rhodes School of Journalism alumnus Marion Sparg, is based on many hours of interviews and uncovers the roots of Ngcuka’s fearless activism. She goes back in time to his modest beginnings in the Eastern Cape, to his lawyering years with the formidable Griffiths Mxenge, his various periods of detention, exile, and his homecoming. Ngcuka played a…