In January of this year, Grahamstown resident Michael Appelt launched Grahamstown TV— a television website dedicated to broadcasting content related to the City of Saints. Heather Cameron sat down with Appelt shortly after he launched the site, as well as more recently, to find out how Grahamstown’s own TV web channel is doing. Continue reading
Megan Whittington reviews a documentary directed by David Russell for publication on Channel 4. The documentary, entitled “The Event: How Racist Are You?” was produced in 2009 and explored Jane Elliott’s brown eye/blue eye exercise on a group of people in the United Kingdom. It was accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYHBrJIIFU. Continue reading
The botanical gardens in Grahamstown became host to a group of students discussing their views on feminism during a sharing picnic. Reporter, Shannon Frost, attended the event to bring you all the details. Continue reading
Rhodes University first year journalism student, Jomiro Eming, won a chance of a life-time to attend the Future NEWS Conference hosted in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our reporter, Shannon Frost, spoke with Jomiro on this incredible experience Continue reading
Zintle Dolweni sat down with Grahamstown resident and philanthropist, Abegail Fleurs, who has decided to open a soup kitchen in her home in Extension 10. After seeing the extreme levels of poverty in her neighborhood she decided to act upon that need. Her soup kitchen has been quite successful thus far and to date she … Continue reading
There are millions of geocaches located all around the world, including Grahamstown. Our reporters, Shannon Frost & Luyanda Mahlinza, take you on the adventure of finding their first ever geocache. Continue reading
The youth of Grahamstown are slowly becoming environmental activists as Rhodes University students teach them the fundamentals. Our reporter, Shannon Frost, has all the details about this exciting organisation. Continue reading
Talk of xenophobia may have died down in the past few weeks, but it is an ongoing issue that South Africans need to stay aware of. Moono Chungu, an Embizweni guest writer addresses xenophobia. As many South Africans say, “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” (a person is a person because of other people), but xenophobia in South Africa has … Continue reading
As load shedding seems to be in full swing and showing no sign of getting better, all Grahamstown residents are inconveniently left in the dark and left to adjust to the situation. However, how do the businesses in Grahamstown, depending largely on power supply to operate, deal with the national electricity crisis? Luyanda Mahlinza spoke … Continue reading
The name changing debate is quite frequently diverted to other issues. Efforts made by activist groups at Rhodes University, namely the Black Students Movement, are often dismissed. “Don’t you have more important things to worry about other than changing names?” is the typical question that arises. Luyanda Mahlinza attempts to explore this tension. Continue reading
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