Iguqulelwe esiXhoseni nguUnathi Mzwakali Ngomhla we-10 kweyeDwarha, xa bekuphawulwa uSuku lweMpilo yeNgqondo lweHlabathi, i-Makana Sub-District Health ibisingethe umsitho wokufundiswa koluntu kwiHolo laseTantyi eJoza eMakhanda (eRhini). Injongo yalo msitho ibikukonyusela ukuqonda malunga neendawo ekufumaneka kuzo uncedo ngempilo yengqondo kunye nokufundisa ulutsha nabazali malunga neengozi zokusebenzisa gwenxa iziyobisisi notywala. Umsitho ubuzinyaswe kakhulu ngabafundi abasuka kwizikolo ezintlanu, abazali kunye nabahlali. Kuye kwavulwa ngomthandazo nengoma ngethuba abafundi nabahlali bengena eholweni. Uceba Ramie Xhonxa wenze umvulo onomdlandla ukwamkela bonke ebebekho phambi kokunikela ku-Sister Ntomebenani Tshongweni, uMlawuli wamaNesi kwisiBhedlele i-Settlers Day. UTshongweni ugxininise ukubaluleka kokukhathelela ubume bempilo yengqondo yakho ungumntu nokunceda abanye abadinga uncedo. “Akukho ngxaki…
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Health Department says breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in South Africa, crossing race and class. This month, Survivor Judith Reynolds shares with Grocott’s Mail readers the life-changing experience of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. This is the first in her four-part story. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I started to think about why. ‘Why me?’ ‘Why cancer?’ ‘Why my breast?’ I think it’s natural to wonder why but it’s also potentially problematic. One answer to why I developed breast cancer is that I was in my…
The Rhodes University first cricket team got off to the perfect start in their Grahamstown Cricket Board First League season, recording two wins in their opening weekend. On Saturday 6 October, Rhodes came up against Makana Sona at Rhodes University’s Prospect Field in what was a long but low scoring affair. Makana won the toss and elected to bat, but some tidy bowling saw Rhodes bowl them out for 166. Simon Webster and Uzayr Mahomed each took two wickets while Ryan Harley recorded three wickets for 25 runs in his 10 overs. Rhodes then went into bat and found it difficult…
By NOSIPHIWE NGQWALA As we celebrate our heritage it is important that we look at our heritage not only as an opportunity to wear our traditional attire, recite our clan praises and eat our traditional food. We need to also to look at our indigenous knowledge and apply it to our reality. Currently climate change effects on human health are potentially increasing with varied impact. Expected increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme weather events are likely to result in unprecedented impacts on public health. Impacts are likely to be greatest in the developing countries such as South…
By PETER GRIST The annual Rhodes University Symphony Concert on 22 September featured a varied and interesting programme suited to a range of classical tastes. Conducted by David Scarr, the orchestra was made up of students from Rhodes, the University of Fort Hare and Nelson Mandela University, alongside local school pupils and individual musicians. Rhodes Music Department head Catherine Foxcroft welcomed a two-thirds-full theatre. A rousing piece from Shostakovich’s 1938 Jazz Suite launched the evening with gusto and was well received by the enthusiastic audience. The first movement (Allegro) of Mozart’s 1774 Bassoon Concerto followed, played by talented youngster Mvume Mdidimba. The beautiful and…
An impressive 140 fire fighters in the nine Working on Fire teams in the western part of the Eastern Cape passed their annual Yellow Card Training (YCT). The test refreshed their skills and tests their physical and mental fitness. The yellow card was officially launched on 22 September in Lottering, a few kilometres from the area of Tsitsikamma affected by a huge fire two years ago whem an estimated 2000ha were burnt. The nine teams, Tsitsikamma, Witelsbos, Longmore, Sarah Baartman, Addo, Baviaanskloof, Lottering, Kromsriver and Jansenville, took part in the Yello Card programme on 22-26 September. Teams were divided into…
Makana Town Planning Official Gemma Meaton has been nominated by the South African Planning Institute (SAPI) for its National Planning Awards. The award recognises special efforts, outstanding contributions and extraordinary performance in all aspects of the planning profession, in both the government and private sectors. Winners will receive a specially designed award and will be recognised at a ceremony during the SAPI Planning Conference in Cape Town on 14-17 October 2018. Meaton started as a Town Planner in 2016. She initiated and remains responsible for catalytic leverage projects such as the upgrading of the airfield, renewable energy (Power X) and…
THE Grahamstown SPCA has called on members of the public to stop chaining up their dogs. SPCA General Manager Mark Thomas said they are becoming very concerned with the increase in occurrences and complaints they are receiving and investigating of animals being chained. “The regulations of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) indicate that animals should be free from discomfort, pain, fear, hunger, thirst and injury, and free to express normal behaviour – the latter by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal’s own kind,” Thomas said. The Animal Protection Act No 71 of 1962, indicates…
Zahara, Msaki, Nombasa Maqoko and the Kwantu Choir will perform tonight, 5 October at 7pm in the Guy Butler Theatre at the Monument. To celebrate the conclusion of a successful National Tourism Month, the National Arts Festival and Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) present a one-night-only concert featuring some of our province’s finest talent. Headlining the show will be East London-born Zahara. Her debut album in 2011 went double platinum in 17 days, and bagged her eight South African Music Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Female Artist. She followed that up with more hit albums and awards over…
The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) holds the annual Smith Memorial Lecture in memory of Professor JLB Smith and his wife, Margaret Mary Smith, to commemorate their legacy of discovery and research in Ichthyology and related fields. This year, author Mike Bruton (previous Director of the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, now NRF-SAIAB) will launch his book The Fishy Smiths: A biography of JLB and Margaret Smith. The book relates the story of the Smiths’ formative years and serendipitous meeting leading up to the discovery of the coelacanth, the tumultuous years that followed and their extraordinary contribution to science.…