Amazwi Museum of South African Literature will launch a new exhibition on Noni Jabavu on 20 August 2019 at 5.30pm. Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was a pioneering South African writer who worked and lived all over the world. Her book Drawn in Colour (1960) was the first book published by a black South African woman, followed by The Ochre People(1963). Jabavu’s journalistic career and autobiographical writings were informed by her complex identity. Descended from exceptional characters on both sides of her family (the famous Makiwanes and Jabavus), Noni continues to inspire generations of writers and women through her forthright and unapologetic style of memoir…
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Monday 12 August 2019 was International Youth Day; a day created by the United Nations to draw attention to the challenges facing young people globally. This year’s theme is ‘Transforming education’ and serves to highlight efforts to make education more relevant, equitable and inclusive for all youth. One aspect of transformation in education is to encourage self-thought and creativity in our young people and READ Educational Trust’s annual Word Warrior Competition is an innovative way of doing just that. The 2018 Word Warrior Competition saw the introduction of the literary character, Detective WW Inkomba (which means ‘clue’ in Zulu and…
With less than two weeks to go until the end of the 2019 Round Table Winter Knights collection, the support for the campaign so far has been excellent – and there is still time to do more. Project Convenor, Greg Wilmot, reported the expansion of the campaign to nine Collection Points with SAIAB (located on Somerset Street) and the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rhodes University being the two new additions. The various Collection Points dotted around the town were reporting that their bins are overflowing, said Wilmot, who is excited at the prospect of a bumper collection. The…
Aaron Samuel Mulenga is hosting his Masters exhibition in the Nun’s Chapel at Rhodes University at 5.30pm on Saturday 10 August. Rhodes Fine Arts student Mulenga describes his work as follows: “It deals with the overlaps and slippages between Christian iconography and ‘traditional’ Zambian cultural/religious practices.” Through the use of inculturation, Mulenga combines these seemingly disparate perspectives to create his work. “Transcendence serves as the entrance point through which to interrogate flight through spiritual means in both Zambian culture and Christianity,” Mulenga says. “This exhibition serves as a platform for questions to be asked and spiritual concepts to be interrogated.” It…
The Eastern Cape’s universities will gather for a celebration of student activities when the annual intervarsity takes place at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth on Friday and Saturday. While the sporting fixtures will be a big attraction, Madibaz director of sport Yoliswa Lumka said the occasion lent itself to a wider programme of events, which they were excited about hosting this year. Starting in 2017, she said the institutions – Nelson Mandela University, Rhodes, Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu – had discussed the pathway for the annual intervarsity. “We crafted a document to showcase the purpose of intervarsity, as…
The South African women’s national team is on their way to defend their Cosafa crown. Banyana have won all their group matches and will face Zimbabwe in the semi final while Zambia will be facing Botswana in the other game. Banyana are expected to go all the way to the final despite the tough test that will be provided by their opponents who are also playing good football and are looking very sharp in this tournament. In the Cosafa under-20 tournament, which is running concurrently with the seniors tournament, our national U20 team, better known as Basetsana, have also booked…
Civil rights organisation AfriForum says a shortage of police resources is making the Addo area vulnerable to crime, and has pleaded with the community to organise themselves around safety. In a statement, the organisation said the Addo and Kirkwood areas had experienced seven farm attacks since the end of March. In the most recent incident, on 1 August around 8.30pm, 24 farm workers had been robbed of their wages, food and cellphones by nine attackers. During this attack, three attackers had firearms and the other six were armed with a variety of knifes, among others a panga. “Nobody was injured in…
Nelson Mandela Museum Youth and Heritage Centre, in Qunu, serves to conduct educational and leadership programmes aimed at preserving the legacy of Nelson Mandela. The Centre was officially opened in 2006. Ever since the Centre’s establishment, the museum has been conducting maintenance processes to sustain the facility on a smaller scale. In 2017, the museum was approached by the department of Public Works and agreed to close for full maintenance. The facility is a ‘must see’ attraction for Nelson Mandela history. The closure of the Centre is due to condition based maintenance activities which include; building renovations, electrical work, civil…
Willows Cricket Club recently held their Annual Awards Ceremony Dinner at Goldrush Bingo in Grahamstown, which turned out to once again to be a huge success. The Club honoured and give recognition to its members, sponsors and administrators and who performed exceptionally well during the pass season and also those who contributed towards the club. On behalf of the club, I hereby would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation to the following who play an instrumental role during the season and those who contributed towards our successful prestigious event: A big thank you to our major sponsors Dr Davies…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Kuzobe kuxhelw’ exhukwane kubathandi bebhola ekhatywayo yamagqiyazana kulempela veki. Amaqela ebhola ekhatywayo abasetyhini azobe exova ebhaka kwimidlalo ezakubanjelwa eDlepu njengenxalenye yokubhiyozela umhla kwanenyanga yabasetyhini kulo lonke eli. Konke oku kuzokuqhubeka ngeCawa umhla weshumi elinanye kule imiyo, kwaye kuzobe kukho neminye imiboniso yemidlalo yabantu basetyhini. Iimbethi manqindi ezidumileyo ezingamagqiyazana, zizakube zikhona kulomcimbi zizokubonisa ngezakhono zazo. Amantombazana aphuma kwiqela elaziwayo leKarate lalapha eMakhanda, nawo azakubonisa ngetalente yawo. Lomsitho uzobe ubonisa iindidi ezahlukeneyo zemidlalo edlalwa ngabantu abanhinqileyo balapha eMakhanda, kwaye le yindlela yokubonakalisa imbeko kuwo onke amanina asebenze nzima ukuqinisekisa ukuba isidima somntu obhinqileyo sihlala sikhuselekile ngawo onke amaxesha. Iintandane zalapha…