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Grahamstown in the news: Student protest tension high

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Student protest tension high: Tensions over fees must fall protests ran high in Grahamstown yesterday, when police ordered students to clear a public road or run the risk of being dispersed with a dye-shooting water cannon. Despite giving students five minutes to disperse, police later …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Mixed race children celebrate their ‘cultural cocktail’ heritage: Mark Andrew Sunners‚ a hip hop producer‚ was born in Liverpool in England from a white English father and Xhosa mother from Grahamstown. He was raised in Gaborone in Botswana. He describes himself as “a bit of a cultural cocktail”. “I follow both …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Students, VC take to Grahamstown streets: Two separate groups of Rhodes University Students took to Grahamstown’s streets this afternoon, Friday 23 September in an attempt to intensify their calls for free tertiary education. One group which was led by the Student Representative Council (SRC …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Looters plot Fani downfall, claims SACP leadership: Nqatha was referring to the ruling by the disciplinary committee’s presiding officer, Botha du Plessis, in which he used a ruling of the Grahamstown High Court in the civil matter of BCM vs Asla Construction. The court ruled in favour of BCM after Asla …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Femme Fatale – Violence is Toxic… an Adaptation of the Controversial Play Purdah, is Announced: There, they hope to raise $ 5,000 through crowdfunding. Femme Fatale is a Rooted Productions adaptation of the highly controversial play, Purdah, by Ismail Mahomed, the Director of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival for eight years. The play has been …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

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