By: JESSICA FELDTMAN Disocesan School for Girls (DSG) hosted Clarendon High in numerous hockey matches on Saturday 26 May. The sunny weather was perfect for the 18 matches that took place at Webster Astro. The u14, u11 and u10 teams started the day off with exciting matches against Clarendon. Despite the u11 B team loosing, the rest of the DSG teams walked away with impressive wins. The u16 teams showed immense team effort as all four u16 teams won their respective matches. The u16 A side displayed great skill throughout their game which resulted in their 3-0 victory. By mid-morning,…
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By CHANEEZ SIAS Sunday 27 May was an exciting day for the Grahamstown Makana Body Building Championship community. Mr Makana Bodybuilder 2018, Sizwe Daliwe was crowned at the recreation Hall in front of all his fellow senior competitors, taking home a large trophy. The attendance had almost reached capacity at the recreation hall as the competition received a lot of attention on Sunday afternoon. The fully scheduled afternoon offered a great show and exciting entertainment during intervals while he judges could make their decisions. All the competitors had a few minutes to show off their toned bodies which motivated the crowd…
By JESSICA EVANS Twenty-two Sarah Baartman libraries have been without internet access since November last year. Vox, the service provider to these libraries, has stated that DSRAC owes the organisation over R1 million and that this caused the contract to be terminated prematurely. This was despite the fact that the province’s Department of Sport, Recreation Arts and Culture set aside R251m for library and archival services in the Eastern Cape for 2018. This is the second largest category in the Provincial budget, after administrative services. The Department’s Andile Nduna, said that the contract expired and had not been renewed due…
By Yamkela Koti Exam fever has kicked in across Grahamstown schools and at Rhodes University – along with the anxiety, in some cases sheer panic, that’s the result of leaving it all to late. For those with sponge-like brains, absorbing the contents of an entire textbook within a week is not a problem. Others, feeling like it’s just too much pressure, postpone their study sessions to ‘tomorrow’. Does seeing students walking in and out of the library, carrying text books and talking about how many chapters they have finished reading send you into a panic? Do you wants to lock…
By: CHRIS TOTOBELA Local football fans have been treated to far fewer games in recent weeks than what they have become accustomed to. The SAB regional league season is now over but another major contributing factor has been the suspension of a number of teams. Cameroon, Golden Brothers, Grahamstown United and Santos were all suspended for not honouring their respective fixtures more than three times. One of the suspended team managers, who asked to be anonymous for fear of being victimised, said, “we have been suspended but I still think that this could have been handled better. There are a…
By SARAH CONNOCK On Friday 11 May, the Hill Street Library hosted the children from the Little Souls Pre-School for a reading day to promote reading and storytelling among young children. The children sat attentively around the reader, engrossed in the bright colours and big pictures of the animals in ‘Go tell it to the toucan’ by Colin West. “We go on various outings every term,” Megan Read, the owner of Little Souls Pre-School and the organiser of the outing, said, “and the library is one of them.” Nobukhosi Mafumana is the acting children’s librarian. She said she loves having reading days…
By: CHANEEZ SIAS The Brumbies Rugby teams were scheduled to play against Suburban’s from Port Elizabeth back on their home turf as part of the Grand Challenge Cup Competition on Saturday 19 May. The matches started at 1pm and it was a perfect mild summer day in Grahamstown for Rugby. The Brumbies Second Team, First Reserves and the First Team were supposed to play but, due to unfortunate circumstances, the main match of the day was cancelled at the last minute. The Brumbies Second Team opened up the day and started off on a positive note by winning their match against…
By: CHRIS TOTOBELA Football fans braved the chilly weather on Sunday 20 May, coming in numbers to witness a top of the table clash between two teams with a lot of history. Log leaders, City Pirates, took on Riebeck City, who are third on the log, in a Makana LFA fixture at the JD Dlepu Stadium in Grahamstown. Pirates looked to avenge their round one defeat (2-1) to Riebeck City in Riebeck East earlier in the season. Both teams made their intentions clear early on. Pirates dominated the early exchanges putting their opponents under pressure. The first chance of the…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Abalandeli bebhola badele ingqele biqhaqhazelisa amazinyo bafika ngobuninzi ngeCawa bezokungqina kumdlalo omkhulu wamaqela aphezulu. ICity Pirates yamkele iRiebeck City yaseHoloholo ehleli kwindawo yesithathu kumanqwanqwa eMakana LFA. Omabini lamaqela abonise zisuka nje ukuba awazanga uzopuca kodwa azokulwa. ICity Pirates esathe ngcu phezulu okwangoku icinezele ngamandla yalawula umdlalo yabhaqa ithuba lokuqala kulomdlalo kodwa imbumbulu yefolosi yabo igudle nje kancinci ecaleni kwepali. IRiebeck City bifumbe emva izama ukuhlanganisa kodwa iye yabhaqwa ibukele ibhola ebisuka kwicala lasekunene ethe yadibana nentloko kaSinathi Matiwana wayibeka emnatheni ebeka iqela lakhe phambili ngelinye eqandeni. IPirates inkqunkqe ibuyelela kwiipali zeRiebeck yaze yaphinda yafika abadlali bangasemva beRiebeck belele…
By: CHRIS TOTOBELA On Saturday 12 May, Ntsika Secondary School hosted a soccer tournament for the local schools. There were six schools that took part, includingNtsika, Nombulelo, Nyaluza, Khutliso Daniels, Mrwetyana and Mary Waters, with Nombulelo and Kutliso Daniels entering with two teams to make eight. The quarter finals on the day saw Kutliso Daniels’ B side defeat Nombulelo B (2-1), Mary Waters take out Ntsika (2-0) and Nombulelo A win over Nyaluza (1-0). TEM Mrhwetyana went through to the semi finals after Kutliso withdrew their second team from the tournament. In the semi finals Kutliso beat Mary Waters by 2-1. Nombulelo…