The 33rd Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour took place in Cape Town recently, in windy conditions, with the winds reaching speeds of up to 46km/h. However, this was nowhere near the howling 100km/h gale-force winds of last year’s race, and racing conditions were manageable for most riders.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
IN 2008, Safa launched the Dress the Nation campaign an initiative aimed at mustering support for the national team in the build-up to the World Cup by releasing official merchandise and apparel that was supposed to be accessible and affordable to all South Africans.
In war time, enemy forces intuitively target civilian infrastructure as a means of demoralising the general public. Water reticulation systems are the number one target and so bombers or insurgents will do their best to destroy pipes that carry water into the homes of civilians.
People greet each other in isiXhosa: “Molo, baba” says one lecturer. Prof Russell Kaschula admonishes her for speaking isiZulu – this is an isiXhosa tutorial after all.
The Council for Higher Education (CHE ) has recently announced that they are planning a national investigation of the effectiveness of the four-year LLB degree.
The Rhodes Amnesty International Society held a campus-wide cross-dressing day last week as part of the Human Rights Week.
Grahamstown is well-known for having some of the best schools in South Africa. So in a place with such good educational facilities, why would some families decide to home-school their children?
Lindsay Gray, the director of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) visited Grahamstown during his tour of the South African RSCM branches last week. Gray gave a presentation about the school and his work to a small gathering at the Cathedral of St Michael and St George on Tuesday.
A couple from the University of Michigan is travelling across South Africa documenting the history of quilts from bygone eras. Marsha Macdowell and Kurt Dewhurst visited Grahamstown last weekend to see the 1820 Settlers quilt collection at the Albany Museum.
A film by Caroline Link, Nowhere in Africa (2001) tells the tale of a Jewish family who flee to Kenya to escape persecution in 1938. Prominent lawyer Walter Redlich, his beautiful and sophisticated wife Jettel, and their only daughter, Regina, leave their comfortable lives in Nazi Germany to seek refuge on harsh African soil.