Businesses in with responsible drinking

By Kyle Robinson

 

Rhodes representatives and Grahamstown businesses with liquor licences gathered on 4 April at a public forum to report back on a previous meeting regarding alcohol abuse during Alchohol Awareness Week in the first term.

China taken to task over Tibetan crisis as Olympic Torch Relay disrupted

 

By Kyle Robinson & Sebastian Sandenbergh

In the wake of the Chinese crackdown on protests in Tibet, the Olympic Torch Relay was disrupted in Paris on 7 April, when human rights campaigners forced the torch carriers to find refuge in a bus. It is reported that the torch was extinguished 5 times in the escapade. French President Nicolas Sarkozy described the protests as a “sad spectacle”.

Bucharest Summit reveals underlying tensions in NATO

By Raul Andrei Dimitriu

 

The largest and most complex North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit in history took place in Bucharest, Romania, from 2 to 4 April.

Telescope magnifies South African science

By Ithuteng Mashabela

South African scientists are in the running for a bid to host the Square Kilometre Array, the world’s biggest radio telescope to date. The telescope is set to mark a breakthrough in astronomy as it will allow astronomers to track the early evolution of our galaxy. South Africa was chosen over economic giants such as the USA and China, and was short listed to compete against Australia.

Turkey? Bean there, ground that..

By Marelize Dyosop, Lynn Nowers & Duduzile Hlatshwayo

Pic by Sophie Marcus

 

 Homeground Café is the new home of a coffee machine imported from Turkey. It is one of only a few in the country.

Response to last week’s opinion, “Is university education pro-communist?”

We live in a world where there needs to be a balance of forces because, if this does not happen, the dominant force will oppress the supporters of the other. Take this and apply it to the struggle between communism and capitalism for instance.

Dear Uncle Bob…….

Uncle Bob, as I affectionately call him, needs to face the truth. He has lost the Zimbabwean presidential elections, possibly by a landslide. I am personally growing incredibly frustrated that the poll results have not been announced yet. If I’m feeling this way I can only imagine how the average person in Zimbabwe is feeling.

Response to Tri-Varsity Poll

I was appalled when I read yesterday’s edition of Activate.

Liberal Propaganda

By Matthew Edwards

 

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. The Beatles always knew how to tell it straight. I’ve had these lyrics swimming in my head for quite a while now and I’ve realised that the phrase is, in actual fact, applicable to many situations. It could very well be the answer to all the world’s problems.

Who know no, go know

By Nqobile Shoba

Pic by Sean William Messham

 

 

Into the wild

 

By Ceridwn Eyre & Tamzyn Degoumois

 

Into the Wild documents a young man’s journey to escape the ‘capitalist, sordid and dark’ society of middle-class America.

A fusion of fashion

By Shanaaz Prince

Pic by Kim Van Beek

 

According to the show’s managing director, Vuyokazi Mnyengza, the idea of the fashion show originally came about as an entrepreneurial experiment in an effort to showcase the talents of various local designers in and around Grahamstown. “We are basically aiming to test the waters out there and to see how the people in Grahamstown will respond to the event,” said Mnyengeza.

The Politics of Politics

By Simon Howell

 

 

Watching the news the other night, it occurred to me that African politics, and politics in general, is awash in contradiction.

Elections in the land of millionaires

On 29 March Zimbabwe voted. Over two weeks later, at the time of going to print, the results have still not been released. Jessica Edgson digs deep into the issues surrounding the Zimbabwe election.

Sleeping on the sidewalk: a look at Grahamstown’s street kids

Poverty is an ever-present issue in South Africa, but why does Grahamstown have so many children on the streets? Leigh Raymond and Judy Dlamini investigate.

From Left Field

By Tim Hancox

 “I can’t believe what’s happening visually, in front of my eyes.” Are such comments like these by Murray Walker what makes F1 what it is? How important are such infamous sports commentators to the sport itself?

Internal League soccer kicks off the term

By Warrick Smith

 

 

The Rhodes Internal League Soccer started with a bang on Wednesday 9 April, with teams from both Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ battling it out for an early lead in the race for the championship title.

Micheen(ing) her way to the top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Brad Jansen

Pics by Sean William Messham

 

 

While sitting comfortably in a chair, holding a steaming cup of tea, she looks up and says, “I do rowing for the whole team-thing, the whole friends-thing. That is why I hate sculling… got no one to share it with”.