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Grahamstown in the news: Mamela Nyamza’s constant reinvention

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Mamela Nyamza’s constant reinvention: After seeing several of Mamela Nyamza’s performances and installations both at the Baxter Dance Festival a few year’s back and at the Grahamstown Arts Festival recently, I had always been a bit in awe of her presence and power, developing (what my …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

The News Round-Up: Oscar, #DataMustFall and other things you missed today: Read More. A photographer from Grahamstown has started a company that sells swimming caps for women with dreadlocks, braids and afros. She got the idea when her two daughters would ask her to join them and play splash games in the water and she wouldn’t …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Candyland by Russell Leo Bruns: Symbols of oppression are everywhere in South Africa, and like many of the country’s towns, Grahamstown is home to extensive colonial architecture. This truth is tantamount in the image Man and car at a stop street, which shows a black man alone and in a …
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Dagga seized on N2: Dagga with a street value of R39 900 was seized from a Toyota Avanza by the Grahamstown Patrol members on the N2 this week. Grahamstown police spokesperson Captain Luvuyo Mjekula said the Highway Patrol members were on duty doing stop and search on the N2 …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

SA will shiver this weekend: Temperatures in the Eastern Cape are set to peak at 15°C in Port Elizabeth and East London at the weekend, 12°C in Graaff-Reinet and Grahamstown and just 7°C in Barkley East on Sunday. South African Weather Service forecaster Lulama Pheme said the cold …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

AFEX members call for internet shutdowns in Africa to stop: There have been 16 recorded internet shutdowns in Africa in the first half of 2016. AFEX members in Grahamstown, South Africa The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held its 4th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Grahamstown, South Africa …
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Pioneering swim caps cater for all kinds of hair: IF IT FITS: Nomvuyo Treffers swims with her daughters Tamasha Treffers and Zawadi Treffers wearing their ‘Swimma’ caps Picture: SUPPLIED Treffers said she did not swim much growing up in Grahamstown and never thought she would one day end up owning a …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Fresh Theatre for Young Minds at the Cape Town Fringe 2016: The brand new South African version of The Gruffalo will premiere at the Cape Town Fringe and runs daily from 22 Sep-3 Oct. Directed by Tara Notcutt, with a cast of Grahamstown actors, the costumes and sets were also made in the National Arts Festival’s …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

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