Singer- song writer Farryl Purkiss is touring the Eastern Cape, visiting three cities in three days, after travelling the world and spending time in the recording studio. His latest release, Fruitbats and Crows, is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed selftitled 2006 album.
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He’s written more textbooks than any other person 102 in total. He is a Pulitzer Prize nominee and has honorary doctorates from six continents. Founder of the Institute for Science and Civilisation and the 21st Century School, both at the University of Oxford, Dr James Martin has a more than impressive resume.
Last weekend community leaders gathered at Gadra Community Centre to learn more about cooking with alternative energy sources.
Religious groups in Grahamstown fear that a pornography channel on DSTV will undermine moral values. Multichoice, which owns DSTV, recently said that it is considering adult content after having been inundated with requests over the last few months.
Police have been cracking down on liquor trading hours and municipal by-laws. Pubs, taverns, night clubs and retail stores have been reminded to comply with the by-laws stipulated by Makana Municipality.
This week Grahamstown will host the launch of a new climate research group, and two prominent sustainability experts will be talking about one of the greatest challenges facing our planet today climate change.
Local lovers of classical piano were treated to a captivating performance by Pretoria-based pianist Tinus Botha on Saturday. Botha mesmerised the intimate gathering with a technically masterful performance of a selection of pieces by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin.
Ashraf Jamal, a senior lecturer in the Fine Art Department opened MFA student Beth Armstrong’s exhibition commending her as one of South African art’s bright young things whose work represents a “seismic crack in sculpture as we know it”. The title of her body of work, Hippocampus, is Latin for seahorse as well as a part of the mammalian brain. Our
A cash-in-transit truck from SBV security services company was involved in a single-vehicle accident on the Port Alfred road near the Southwellturnoff earlier this week. The vehicle was travelling from Port Alfred to Grahamstown when the accident occured on Wednesday morning.
The Rhodes University Rugby Club first team met Swallows Rugby Club in an Eastern Province Rugby Union Sectional Cup match on Saturday. The game took place at the Rhodes University Great Field with a large group of enthusiastic Rhodes and Swallows supporters keen to witness the first game of the season.