The annual Bathurst Bundu Bash Mountain Bike races took place from the Pig ’n Whistle in Bathurst over the past weekend, in conjunction with the Bathurst Show.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
The Makana Local Football Association will host its Easter Soccer Tournament this weekend at JD Dlepu Stadium. The tournament will start tomorrow and will continue up until Monday 5 April when the final games will be played. League official, Chris Totobela said: “The aim of the tournament is to revive the spirit of soccer.”
Wednesday was the final day of the six week period given to the Old Gaol Backpackers to vacate the premises. The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA), informed the owner of Old Gaol Backpackers that they had to clear out by the end of March as the building is to be turned into an education centre.
The once iconic Stone Crescent Hotel, approximately eight kilometres outside Grahamstown, went up for auction on Wednesday.
Organised rugby matches in South Africa will not be allowed to take place next year unless the participating coaches and match offi cials are BokSmart certified. The ruling was one of several decisions ratified by the provincial unions at the SARU AGM on Friday.
The annual Independendent Schools Hockey Festival will be hosted by St Andrew’s College and will take place in Grahamstown this year. From 8 to 10 April, independent schools from around the country will be playing in the hockey festival. The matches will be played on the St Andrew’s Webster astro turf as well as the Kingswood College City Lords Astro.
Many of us are aware of the issues related to global warming, and in some small way we all try to do something about it. Earth hour on 27 March was one way in which the average citizen could contribute in a small way to reducing global warming.
The 1820 Settler families are still alive and well. So says the great granddaughter of Charles Duncan Griffith, Lorna Thelma Wilson, who visited Grahamstown on Monday.
Nandos Grahamstown gave no warning before they closed their doors for the last time in late October last year. Apparently this was a result of a strike because workers were not being paid their deserved salaries and the franchisee quitting his job.
During Scifest Africa one of our reporters attended a talk about the effeciency of the South African government in constructing stadiums for the 2010 Fifa World Cup and the fact that no such action is taken when it comes to providing proper housing for the poor.