The Assumption Development Center filled their rooms with Joza location’s youth, all attentively interacting in the Nelson Mandela Day dialogue facilitated by Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, with the aid of another Grahamstown local legend Ramie Xonxa. This session was a kickstarter for the Minister and Rhodes University’s Vice-Chancelor, Dr Sizwe Mabizela, who are taking part in the Trading Lives week from Friday 14 July. The youth of Grahamstown are facing intense issues everyday, that amass substance abuse, teenage pregnancy as well as a lack of desire to further their studies. As a Grahamstown-born man, Nkwinti…
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The Secret Scarf Mission is a nationwide event started in 2013 by the South African Facebook group called 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day. The event takes place at the same time on Mandela Day, in special aid of the less fortunate during the testing winter conditions. Rhodes University Business School and librarian staff collaborated for the first time with a number of “Grahamstown Knitwits” (volunteer group) who took the time to knit scarves and beanies to put up around Church Square, for those who needed them to simply come and take one for themselves. At first passers by were…
Thursday 6 July 2017 was an historic date for Grahamstown’s army base, officially known as 6SAI (6 South African Infantry) as they handed over the change of command from outgoing Colonel VD Maseko to the new Officer in Command Lt Col MA Saki and welcomed home troops deployed from the unit to Operation Corona.
“Being a woman or child is not a sin.” This was the watchword of the day, while a procession of about 100 supporters and schoolchildren gathered to march against the scourge of children and women abuse. They met at various points between the start at the Joza Post Office and the Cathedral, before ending up at the Magistrate’s Court to hand over a memorandum. The organisers were Patricia May, Sandiswa May and Nozukile Stof and activist Sinethemba Mhlambiso. Word was spread by Mhlambiso and other activists up until last night, driving in a bakkie with a megaphone all around Grahamstown…
By Bonke Liwani What started as a light-hearted request to name the “ex-feral” cat of Grahamstown businessperson Tim Dold touched the hearts of many cat-lovers in the community, and brought more attention to the Grahamstown Feral Cat Project in aid of stray cats in Grahamstown. Grocott’s Mail chatted to Dold, who owns PG Glass in Grahamstown, and the now aptly named Shattercat: the Project’s number one ambassador who is now tame and is Dold’s trusty kitty companion. During office hours, he works for Dold at PG Glass (part-time, of course!). Shattercat was part of a feral colony of cats being looked after by…