By CHESLEY DANIELS Kowie United moved to second on the EPRU Sedru Regional League log with an all-important 38-30 bonus-point win over home side Rosebuds United in Alicedale on Saturday. Kowie were also 14-8 in front at the break. Both teams knew the importance of winning with a bonus point in the second round to chase down the log leaders. Kowie knew it was never an easy task travelling to Alicedale to beat Rosebuds in front of their passionate and intimidating rugby-loving supporters. They, however, achieved the impossible and bagged five points out of the contest. Ten tries were scored…
Author: Rod Amner
By CHESLEY DANIELS On Saturday, swallows and log leaders Klipfontein United played to a 12-12 draw in their EPRU Sedru Regional League clash at the St Aidan’s Sports Ground. Klipfontein were 12-7 in front at halftime. In a titanic battle, Swallows became the only team in the league to neutralise in-form log leaders Klipfontein. Klipfontein came up against a defiant and more determined Swallows side – but they have yet to lose a match in the league. The game started at an incredible pace, with Swallows taking the game to the log leaders. The home side surprised the visitors by…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA Joza residents celebrated June 16 in grand style with music and dance as the B-fabbs hosted a Makhanda Youth Talent Show at Noluthando Hall. Event organiser Simamkele Xako delivered an impressive spectacle for the enthusiastic crowd. The B-fabbs group. “We are creating a platform for our youth to show their talent. We want to use art to keep young people off the streets, prevent teenage pregnancy, and stop alcohol and drug abuse,” Xako said. The show’s MC, Nande Titi, kept the crowd alive with her dazzling dance moves and ability to engage the audience. It was an…
Compiled by DAVID MANN, creativefeel.co.za This year’s offerings of live music, visual art, theatre, performance art and more are spread across several programmes. So far, the overarching themes present in this year’s works seem to be that of memory, identity, human connection, the natural world and more – enduring themes that took on an increased sense of urgency or required a deeper, more considered reading throughout the past two years of the pandemic. Ahead of the Festival, here are a few shows selected from the Curated Programme and the Fringe Programme. Curated programme picks: Kamphoer: 23 – 25 June Sandra Prinsloo in ‘Kamphoer’.…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA The situation in the Makana LFA First Division improved last weekend as teams honoured their fixtures. There were some very interesting games which got the fans excited. Young Stars collected two points as they drew with Young Ones and Maru Academy 1-1 and 2-2, respectively. It was a good weekend for Extension 7-based Seven Stars as they drew 1-1 with Leicester City and beat Vukani Anchors by half a dozen goals to one. Rising Stars avoided defeat as they drew 1-1 and 3-3 with Rieby United and Leicester City, respectively. Jacaranda Academy redeemed themselves after last weekend’s…
By MIXTAPES.CO.ZA June 16th is Youth Day in South Africa. This day commemorates June 16th 1976, when, on a wintery Wednesday morning, between 10 000 and 20 000 Soweto school children marched against the apartheid government’s decision to force them to be taught half their subjects in Afrikaans. The police used violence to stop the protest, and many students were shot, injured and killed. The uprising quickly spread across South Africa and became a protest against Bantu Education. June 16th became a landmark date, after which resistance to apartheid gradually spiralled, despite government attempts to suppress it. Like Sharpeville at…
The class of 1976 shook off the previous generation’s climate of fear and showed the country what it could achieve through mobilisation. Now, more than ever, we need to take heed, write ENVER MOTALA and SALIM VALLY for New Frame. The fact of the matter is that the rifles and ammunition that laid low Hector Pieterson and his comrades and sent the Tsietsi Mashininis into exile and the Dan Montsitsis into prison put an end to all illusions about achieving equality of conditions and of educational content as long as the system of racial capitalism [remained] in South Africa.Neville Alexander,…
Botanists are working on an ambitious project to restore 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of degraded land in South Africa that were previously covered by thickets of the indigenous succulent spekboom (Portulacaria afra).Farmers have stripped the land of its native thicket over decades of commercial agriculture and livestock keeping, and following extended droughts, it’s now turning to desert.Spekboom, much praised for its ability to sequester carbon, is not only a resilient native plant, but its growth naturally promotes the recovery of other species.Carbon credits are one promising source of funding for restoration that could prove profitable for landowners and…
A big shout-out to Nita’s Makhanda Events for these listings: THURSDAY 16 JUNE Grahamstown Feral Cat Project Family Fun Walk.Start @ Ikhala Veterinary Clinic, Strowan Road – Makana Vet Clinic, Old Bay Road (Industrial Area)09:00Adults: R20, Children under 12: R15, Dogs/ Pets: R10Cat food and blanket donations welcome [No U3A, will resume next week] Sharn & Lynne’s K-Day Pop UpA curation of personally selected homeware, clothing, and accessories10:00 – 16:00Lynne: 0828529130Sharn: 0832878330Free entry Youth DayRooted in PurposeOrganisers: FixingZAR & The Black Power StationStreet dance competition. Poetry. Igwijo. Marimba@ The Church Square12:00 – 15:00Free entry Grahamstown Bridge Club@ Grahamstown Bowling Club,…
The gnomes were hard at work filling potholes last week at a notoriously eroded intersection in town. They even had a gnome to serenade them – Jen Schneeberger. See Gavin Krastin’s 12 Labours at #NAF2022 bit.ly/3wfucgN Over the weekend, about 30 gnomes tackled a massive illegal dump with some heavy-duty vehicles in attendance. Jen Schneeberger sings the Makhandan blues as fellow gnomes tend to African Street potholes. Photo: Gavin Krastin