The theme for this year’s Disability Week is “Mainstreaming Disability”. Often people with disabilities are consciously or unconsciously shunted out to the margins of our community because they are seen as “special cases” demanding “special treatment”, which inevitably is seen as an onerous burden on time and resources. This perpetuates the stigma around disability, when in actual fact, “we are all special cases,” as Albert Camus said. Likewise, C.S. Lewis wrote, “There are no ordinary people.” We need to build a community where everyone is welcome to the mainstream, regardless of whether their particular limitations are labelled a “disability” by…
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If you are a high-achieving learner from a lower income household, Sasol invites you to apply for an all-inclusive bursary to study for an undergraduate degree at a South African university or university of technology in the 2020 academic year. You have until 31 August 2019 to apply at https://sasolbursaries.com/welcome. Applicants can apply for bursaries to study towards STEM degrees. The bursary is also open to qualifying children of Sasol employees and Sasol Khanyisa/Inzalo shareholders as well as applicants from Sasol fence-line communities can apply for bursaries to study for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and non-STEM (nursing, accounting,…
The South African Mint released a new R5 coin themed ‘Let us live and strive for freedom’, the last coin in the range of SA25 commemorative circulation coins. The SARB issued five new R2 coins over the past three months to mark South Africa’s 25 years of constitutional democracy. The SA25 themed ‘Celebrating South Africa’ series also included three collectable coins in gold, silver and bronze alloy. Designed by Johannesburg-based Lady Skollie, the coin’s imagery is a complementary interpretation of the famous images of South Africa’s polling stations in 1994 with their snake-like qualities of running into coils of people…
The St Andrew’s College Football Club hosts its inaugural U15 football festival in Makhanda (Grahamstown) from 8 to 11 August. Fourteen teams will play matches on St Andrew’s College’s Knowling and St Aidan’s fields. St Andrew’s College has moved from football from being a recreation sport that squeezed into unofficial niches, to a fully-fledged school sport. “The U15 festival aims to provide top school teams with opposition they do not usually face, raise the profile of football in Eastern Cape schools and provide the opportunities for non-school based teams, usually associated with development NGOs, to participate,” the school said in…
The St Andrew’s College 1st XV rounded off a successful season by running out comfortable 42-22 winners against Bishops from Cape Town on Lower Field in Grahamstown on Saturday, in fantastic playing conditions. St Andrew’s College got off to the perfect start when captain Chris Poole ran an excellent line off the shoulder of flyhalf Guy Rushmere to score an unconverted try. A few minutes later, centre, Dylan Bowker scored after a good break and offload from prop Basi Malesu. The try was converted by Rushmere and St Andrew’s found themselves up 12-0. Bishops hit back with a penalty after…
“What did we listen to before we had the piano and the cello?” asks Makhanda (Grahamstown) pianist JF Viljoen, who will be performing here with American cellist Caleb Vaughn-Jones. The talented duo will perform works by Bach-Kodaly, Auerbach and Rachmaninoff in a recital in the Beethoven Room at Rhodes University’s Department of Music and Musicology on Wednesday 28 August 2019 at 7.30pm. What promises to be an excellent performance will be enhanced by Viljoen’s very readable programme notes. They explain what you’re hearing in a way that’s as accessible to a lay listener as a Classical connoisseur. Vaughn-Jones has performed…
Makhanda boxers returned with five gold medals and Nombulelo Secondary pupil Ntombikayise “Mamjiji” Cunge’s fight against Bongiwe ” Million Dollar” Colani was declared Best Elite Bout of the tournament in the Eastern Cape Boxing Organisation Breast Cancer Awareness Boxing Tournament in Port Elizabeth last weekend. Cunge trains with Mfuzo Boxing Camp. Gold Medalists were Luyolo “Caster” Nketsheni of Ntsika High School, Azola “DK” Moses of Nombulelo High School, Asanele “10177” Macwili and Silindokuhle “Black Angel” Macwili, both of Archie Mbolekwa School. The girls and women only tournament was held 9-11 August in Gqeberha Location Hall, Walmer. (From left) Phumeza Xawke…
Saturday 24 August is the big day, when the city of Makhanda (Grahamstown) joins forces to put on the GBS Mutual Bank Mountain Drive Half Marathon. Here’s all you need to know! Rotary Club of Grahamstown Sunset The Rotary Club of Grahamstown Sunset has the pleasure of welcoming all runners and supporters to our annual GBS Mutual Bank Mountain Drive Half Marathon. This event is expanding and this year we have added the Dassie Dash Challenge. It is a relay of 4 laps of 2.4kms and it will take place around the Graeme College Campus. This race is ideal for…
United Shotokan-Ryu will be bringing ex-world karate champion, George Best to South Africa in September this year. Best hails from Manchester in the UK. During his visit, Best will conduct seminars in Gauteng (Kempton Park), Eastern Cape (Makhanda) and Western Cape (Brackenfell, Cape Town). The Eastern Cape Seminar will take place in the Thomas Pringle Hall at the 1820 Settlers Monument in Makhanda (previously Grahamstown) on 7 and 8 September. The training is open to all belt levels of karateka, 8 years of age and older, irrespective of style and/or organisation. Best first started training in Shotokan Karate at the…
A special concert is planned for the end of August when phenomenal guitarist, Tony Cox, comes to Makhanda. Accompanied for some of the concert by his young daughter, Thuli, Tony intends wowing his audience with his unique style and exquisite talent. Don’t miss this special concert in the magical ambiance of the Fountain Foyer. There have been a tiny handful of seminal guitar players to come along in the last fifty years that have forged a unique, musical identity for themselves and consequently have been a powerful influence on others. Zimbabwean born Tony Cox is one such guitarist. Absorbing the…