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Grahamstown in the news: African punks: 5 bands you should be listening to

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African punks: 5 bands you should be listening to: Their musically sophisticated and enthusiastic live performances are iconic in South Africa’s underground live music scene, and they have performed to critical acclaim at festivals such as Oppikoppi and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Weighing up Arts Festival’s artistic gains: The curatorial thread drawing the main and arena programmes together for this year in Grahamstown was the commemoration of two significant events, the Women’s March to the Union Buildings in 1956 and the Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976. It was not …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

NOBODY’S DIED LAUGHING: A JOURNEY WITH PIETER-DIRK UYS Hits Cinemas from 29 July: In NOBODY’S DIED LAUGHING, a film crew tries to keep up with one of the hardest working artists in South Africa on a journey from Cape Town through Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Stellenbosch, London and Berlin to his home in Darling. The film takes a closer …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Winter gifts for G’town: Ethembeni is one of the most impoverished informal settlements in Grahamstown. “We identified this area because it is an informal settlement and unemployment is rife here,” said Monica Mcuba, HIV/Aids and TB co-ordinator at Makana Municipality.
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

G2C winners: Grant Daly of Port Elizabeth was crowned the Pennypinchers Grahamstown to Sea (G2C) 58km mountain bike race on Sunday. The event started in Grahamstown and ended at the Rosehill Mall in Port Alfred. The fourth annual event saw 342 finishers, with dozens of …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

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