Pit toilets are bad enough when they are overflowing but when the municipality’s response is to pour water down and give it a stir, this might make you feel really gatvol! Although the municipality has supplied some houses with flushing toilets, there are still a number of homes in Extension 6 that remain without.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
Passin g through a Grahamstown township school is like reliving a daytime horror movie. All one can hear are sounds of birds and the wind blowing through the yard. At least, this is what it's like at Khutliso Daniels Secondary School in Joza at present.
The Makana Municipality is struggling to contain costs for delivering water to areas affected by outages and shortages, and the fire department is taking strain, having already made nearly 900 deliveries.
Lie about your HIV status to your lover and you could face life in prison under South African law. However, unlike in Germany, you do not have to disclose your status to your partner unless asked.
In the days of the metal press, powered by the labours of men, a printer would keep his lead typesetting letters in a series of wooden trays, laid down vertically on his workbench. The small letters were kept in the lower case and the capital letters in the upper case.
A little help from the community might be all the children at Eluxolweni Shelter need to become the next Bill Gates or Mark Shuttleworth, thanks to the initiative of Grahamstown’s College of the Transfiguration. As part of the continued social development projects organised by the college, five theology and ministry students have chosen Eluxolweni as the recipients.
Singer, songwriter and entertainer, Nataniël will be performing with his full band on Friday 10 September at the Guy Butler Theatre.
On an average weekend the Rape Survivors Support Group (RSSG) deals with more than 10 rape cases in Grahamstown. The support group aims to help rape victims become rape survivors by providing support.
There’s an emerging community of young people who are pushing the boundaries of self expression by adding bold and bright colours to their lives. “Colour is better. I think too many human beings are cocooned into darkness, by darkness I mean safe colours,” says Thabang Tshale, sporting bright blue skinny jeans, multicoloured sneakers and a red t-shirt.
South Africa’s oldest Presbyterian church lies silently with its brother in the hills an hour and a half from Grahamstown. They have been sitting in quiet contemplation for a very, very long time; and will likely contemplate a longer time to come.