Student strike at UKZN
By Sibulele Mabusela
While many were celebrating the month of love, even more so Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February, University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) students took to the streets during a week-long protest in demand for additional financial funding as well as inadequate residential facilities. (more…)
Share on FacebookThe Passing of the “Secrecy Bill”
By Sibulele Mabusela
The controversial Protection of Information Bill, (also known as the Secrecy Bill) has been passed this Tuesday by the National Assembly despite nationwide protests and opposition that claimed the bill was “unconstitutional”. (more…)
Share on FacebookGrahamstown woman found dead
Witnesses claim to have seen the victim and suspect at a local tavern the night before the body was discovered.
By Niamh Walsh-Vorster
A woman, aged 19, was discovered dead in the Grahamstown area on Sunday morning by neighbours. (more…)
Share on FacebookMalema ‘thrown out’ for 5 years
By Marc Davies
ANC Youth League President Julius Malema has been suspended from the ANC and removed as youth league party president after being found guilty of “sowing divisions” within the ruling party. Malema has 14 days in which to appeal the ruling, following which he will be forced to step down. (more…)
Share on FacebookKenyan troops in Somalia
By Bulali Dyakopu
Five days after Kenyan troops crossed the border into Somalia; the East African officials seized an urgent meeting to discuss the turmoil. The Kenyan troops had entered Somalia with the quest of tracking down Al-Shabaab, the Islamist extremist group accused of kidnapping foreigners on Kenyan soil. (more…)
Share on FacebookUSA pledges to leave Iraq
By Yonela Zondani
The Baltimore Sun recently reported that the announced military withdrawal from Iraq will be completed by the end of this year. The American newspaper suggests that President Obama made his decision after Iraqi politicians begged and pressurised America to let the soldiers go. (more…)
Share on FacebookCoffee reduces risk of skin cancer
By Neo Koza
Your daily cup of coffee may be your saving grace. Preliminary research presented at the 10th American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Boston, suggests that a daily caffeine push may reduce the risk of developing a type of skin cancer. (more…)
Share on FacebookSouth Africans left in Libya
By Sibulele Mabusela
19 South Africans are left stranded in Libya following the chaos that surrounded the death of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. According to reports on Independent Online, an evacuation plan is being put into place to get the men out of Libya as they “are desperate to come home”. (more…)
Share on FacebookZuma fires ministers; reshuffles cabinet
By Matthew Kynaston
President Jacob Zuma fired two underperforming ministers on Monday, as well as suspending national police commissioner General Bheki Cele. Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka were both shown the door amidst allegations of corruption. (more…)
Share on FacebookGaddafi killed in assault on Sirte
Confirmed - an image of the wounded Muammar Gaddafi
By Alexander Venturas
Ousted leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, has died from wounds sustained on Thursday when rebel forces took hold of his hometown of Sirte, according to National Transitional Council (NTC) official Abdel Majid Mlegta. (more…)
Share on FacebookThe Cape Consortium launched at Rhodes
By Sibulele Mabusela
The Cape Consortium, a R20.6million research project, was recently launched at Rhodes University. The project, which includes a combination of academics from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), Rhodes University (RU), Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC), is geared at the severe shortage of qualifying Foundation Phase (FP) teachers and is aimed at the development and expansion of this profession. (more…)
Share on FacebookLibrary theft
By Sibulele Mabusela
With swot week drawing closer, one is bound to find oneself at the library at some point or another, and with an increase in library theft the call for vigilance on the part of all students is becoming stronger. (more…)
Share on FacebookRhodes prospects discussed at student Imbizo
By Bulumko Dukada
The students and the decision-making body of Rhodes University engaged on a two day strategic planning discussion concerning the future of the institution for the next five to ten years. These discussions took place at a Student Imbizo which was held at Summerhill Inn in Bathurst over the weekend of 1 and 2 October, five years after the last one took place in 2006. (more…)
Share on FacebookWomen as leaders of peace
By Bulali Dyakopu
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize awards are taking place this month. These prestigious accolades have been awarded to either individuals or organisations that have shown considerable achievements in one of the five categories stated in the will of Scandinavian chemist Alfred Nobel. (more…)
Share on FacebookRhodes Truth Commission
By Charmian Africa
The Rhodes Truth Commission took place on Tuesday, 27 September in Eden Grove Blue after its first occurrence in 2008. The evening was organized by the Dean of Students office as part of the constitutional awareness week. With the intention of extending the spirit of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings which took place after apartheid. (more…)
Share on FacebookOccupy Grahamstown: Kota tells municipality “This is not our shit”
By Megan Ellis
The Occupy Wall Street protests have caused a stir worldwide, however closer to home calls for service delivery and an end to corruption are no new trend. Under the banner of Occupy Grahamstown, the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) and Students for Social Justice (SSJ) joined with members of the Grahamstown and Rhodes community to protest for social justice. (more…)
Share on FacebookSteve Jobs remembered
By Alexander Venturas
The passing of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on 5 October 2011 was met by widespread mourning and a flurry of tributes to the great man. He brought us the Mac computer, the iPod, the iPhone and most recently, the iPad.
Below is the speech that Jobs gave at the commencement ceremony for Stanford’s Graduating class in 2005. It epitomises his policy running of Apple and the living of his life.
Share on Facebook2nd year fine art exhibition announced
The Rhodes 2nd year Fine Art class presents Hola Hola in Transition. This is an exhibition dealing with the proximity of different spaces to one another, and the transition from a given space to the next. (more…)
Share on FacebookZuma re-opens arms deal investigation
By Marc Davies
President Jacob Zuma has announced his appointment of a commission of inquiry into South Africa’s controversial arms deal more than ten years ago to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in the R30 billion transactions. Zuma announced that the matter is set down for hearing at the Constitutional Court on 17 November 2011, this after the initial transactions took place in 2000. (more…)
Share on Facebook‘Walrus of love’ a hit with the ladies
By Neo Koza
A scientific report devised by the University of Aberdeen has shown that women are more likely to choose a life partner who sounds like Barry White. The study analysed the effect and importance of the pitch of the male voice in the way women view them. (more…)
Share on FacebookLow-cost taxi airline to hit the skies
By Bulali Dyakopu
The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has launched its low-cost airline earlier this month at Lanseria airport, north of Johannesburg, marking what many hope will be a new era in affordable air travel for the masses. (more…)
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