Grahamst own ’s water has been described as unfit for human consumption. Sound familiar? In fact, this is not a recent pronouncement about our current water situation. It is a description dating back to the early days of Grahamstown’s existence, according to the speakers at a public lecture on the history of the city’s local water supply on Thursday night at Rhodes University.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
An application to rezone sports fields belonging to St Andrew’s College has recently been approved for development by the Makana council. Since 2008, residents have been making objections and, more recently, took the matter to the office of the Premier of the Eastern Cape, Noxolo Kiviet.
The proposal to rezone the sports fi elds fi rst came up in 2008 and was met with many objections from residents living in the area. They argued that the land should not be rezoned in line with a restrictive clause which stipulates that the land may only be used for recreational (not residential) purposes.
It is now commonly accepted that there is a deep crisis regarding the ‘culture of reading” in South Africa. Only a very small section of the public reads and buys books, there is a virtual collapse of library services, and publishing in black languages continues to struggle 16 years after the end of apartheid.
After being called to a halt because of the national strike, the Grahamstown High Schools Football Rhodes Tournament is set to resume. The tournament will be played in a group format, where six teams will be divided into two groups and the top two from each group will go through to the semi-finals.
Grahamstown’s own cycle race, the Makana Brick Grocott’s Cycle Tour, was held on Sunday. While the race date was changed from May to September due to bad weather, among other reasons, it seems the bad weather followed the race. The event consisted of an 80.4km main race, a 34km and a 10km kids ride.
Graeme College held its Athletics Day at the school last week, with Wiles House keen to retain the Athletics Shield. However, Hutton House showed great improvement in many of the day’s events, so competition was at an all time high.
Rhodes University Rowing Club took part in the recent Mutual & Federal SA Universities Boat Race. The event was held along the Kowie River in Port Alfred. The Rhodes crews trained for the two and a half months in preparation for the boat race.
Over 300 runners and walkers took part in the inaugural Victoria Girls’ High School (VGHS) Old Girls Union 5km fun run/walk last week. “It was a huge success for a first attempt with various members of the Grahamstown community joining in, from serious club runners to lawyers, finance directors and mothers with babies in prams”, said Karen Kouari, chairperson of the VGHS Old Girls Union.
The Grahamstown High Schools’ Rhodes Football Tournament is nearing its climax after the first electrifying two rounds on Prospect Fields at Rhodes. On Friday Mary Waters, still recovering from their earlier loss to Nombulelo, managed to regroup and displayed a professional performance when they humbled TEM Mrwetynana 2–1.