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Rhodes’ parking questions answered

Posted on 23/05/2013 by Editor Posted in Environment, Politics

Rhodes believes that the network of paths around campus are a sufficient for student to make their way between lecture. Pic: Andrew Blane

By Andrew Blane

An interview with the manager of Rhodes University’s Grounds and Gardens, Mark Hazell, put the supposed issue of campus parking into perspective. Although students find it hard to locate a parking bay in front of some of their lecture venues, there is no short supply of parking on the Rhodes campus itself. Parking areas at Rhodes are multi faceted in that there is both formally designed and built parking areas, as well as grass parking zones that are located opposite the Health Suite and along the road to the Sports Admin buildings and the gravel parking area behind the Provost. Continue reading →

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Column: Every graduate is a potential employer

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Editor Posted in Politics

 

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A recent survey commissioned by Youth Lab and conducted by Pondering Panda, revealed that the two main issues which young South Africans grapple with are education and unemployment. This is not surprising, considering that the World Economic Forum ranks the quality of South Africa’s maths and science education second from last; and around 70% of citizens aged between 25 and 34 are unemployed. South Africa’s youth have legitimate reasons for regarding unemployment and education at the top of their list of concerns. Continue reading →

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Whoonga destroying progress made by ARVs

Posted on 14/05/2013 by Editor Posted in Politics

 

Pic: Torben Bjørn Hanse

By Andrew Blane

A new drug has made its way onto the market. “Whoonga”, a multidrug similar to what the movie Get Him To the Greek would refer to, as a “Jeffery”, is comprised of a mixture of marijuana, heroin and ground up Antiretroviral (ARV) medicine. The drug is extremely addictive and the side effects include hallucinations, night terrors and suicidal depression. Continue reading →

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South Africa to Arms: SANDF deploys to east DRC

Posted on 13/05/2013 by Editor Posted in News, Politics, Top

 
 
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By Andrew Blane

The South African National Defence Force is expected to deploy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo within a month reports Times Live. This deployment will serve as part of an African compiled intervention force that will almost certainly engage with the rebel group known as the M23’s.

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RUPSF kick off Israeli Apartheid Week

Posted on 13/03/2013 by Megan Posted in News, Politics, Uncategorized

 
 
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Students were shocked to be “harassed” by ‘military officers’ on campus today as part of Rhodes University’s Palestinian Solidarity Forum or RUPSF’s demonstration to kick off what they term ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’.

Dressed up in military uniforms and armed with megaphones and stern looks, the RUPSF put on a demonstration on Monday 11 March at the Day Kaif where members lined up on either side of the entrance to the kaif. Continue reading →

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Vote of no confidence for President Zuma

Posted on 08/11/2012 by Megan Ellis Posted in News, Politics

 
 
While Zuma’s fate has ANC president has been question on the road to Manguang, it is opposition parties, and not the ANC, who may be his downfall.

Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA MP, has tabled a vote of no confidence in President Zuma on behalf of several opposition parties. Continue reading →

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Obama scrapes through to second term

Posted on 07/11/2012 by Megan Ellis Posted in News, Politics, Top

 
 
Barrack Obama has once again triumphed at the polls to win a second term as president of the United States.

The Democrat, who ran against Mitt Romney in a fiercely contested election, faces a number of challenges including annual budget deficits, ‘Obama Care’ and a UD congress that has had few changes in its representational make-up. Continue reading →

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US Election: Google’s scorecard

Posted on 30/10/2012 by Megan Ellis Posted in Politics

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UPM Press Statement: Marikana massacre memorial service in Grahamstown

Posted on 28/08/2012 by Posted in Politics

A memorial service for all who fell in the Marikana Massacre will be held in the Anglican Cathedral in Grahamstown on Thursday 30 August 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

People of all faiths and people with no faith are all warmly invited to join the event. It will be held under the banner of a shared commitment to a just peace.

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DA in violent encounter with Cosatu

Posted on 15/05/2012 by Xand Posted in Politics

By Marc Davies

A DA march against Cosatu’s opposition to youth wage subsidies became tense after members of Cosatu stormed the march and threw rocks at DA supporters.

The supporters in blue gathered on Tuesday morning in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, to march against Cosatu’s dismissal of a youth wage subsidy which the DA claims would create over 420 000 jobs for young, unemployed South Africans. Continue reading →

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