The Girl Guides willl celebrate turning 100 years old since its existence in 1910. This is an exciting event for the Girl Scouts because it celebrates a time when the founder of Boys Scouts, Robert Baden started the Girl Scouts organisation in the United Kingdom.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
“Don’t do anything to the stratospheric ozone – that is bad,” were the wise words of Prof Dudley Shallcross in his lecture “How much can the biosphere offset a warming world: Recent atmospheric observations and their potential impact."
UBOM! Eastern Cape Drama Company made its fans proud this week. The company recently won a prestigious award at the Cape Town Out-of-the-Box festival hosted by Unima SA.
Famous house DJ, Bongani Dlamini (aka DJ Bongz) proved the doctors wrong last weekend when he turned the tables at Fingo Village’s Makhaya Tavern. The Durban–born Dlamini suffered from a minor stroke last month. He says “I woke up one Friday morning feeling a little different than usual.
Hip to be square (known among faithful followers as h2b2) is a innovative edutainment programme by young people for young people.
Africa should follow China’s lead, and foster solar innovation, production and demand, says UNHabitat’s Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka. There are many reasons why Africa should turn to solar power to meet its energy needs. The continent receives an average of six kWh of solar energy per square metre every day.
Is school cool? What’s really going down for Grahamstown youth at the thirteen high schools in the city area? Do they have common issues, problems, challenges and aspirations? Y4Y is a brand new radio show made for and with Grahamstown’s high school learners.
If you walk down High Street you might notice some discreet, distinctly hand-made posters; “Protest march against Adult World sex shop” they beckon. There are many ways one might like to spend Friday. Perhaps you’ll be attending a vigil or march to close Rhodes’ Human Rights Week, or maybe you’ll just be enjoying the freedom of Friday.
“There is more to the continent than we realise – including optimism,” Dr Jonathan Lawley told last week’s Humanities seminar at Rhodes University. The Rhodes alumnus was visiting his old university to discuss his recently published book, Beyond the Malachite Hills, A life of Colonial Service and Business in the New Africa.
“While having this talk 1 350 children have died of malaria.” This provoking statement left the audience deep in thought at Jude Przyborski’s lecture entitled, “Malaria: an ancient parasite in a modern world” at Rhodes University this week.