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Healing in my Backyard
With petals once damaged, fragile and worn, In a world that left scars, where love seemed torn, I sought solace in the backyard, my...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Sep 13, 20231 min read
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Creative City Craft Market begins the Festival countdown
By SIVE FAITH GINYA and SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Entertainment for the kids at the Creative City Craft Market on Saturday. Photo: Atang Matiea...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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Makhanda’s streets will be heavily patrolled during Fest
By MBASAKAZI MAKUBALO and SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Hi-Tec operations manager Kenny Knoetze. Photo: Siyamthanda Pongco The increased flow of...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Load shedding at NAF
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Stage 4 load shedding, caused by the Eskom strike action, adds an extra layer of complexity to the National Arts...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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The Long Table: Fest’s warm heart and satisfied belly
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO AND LIKHAPHA THAATHAA The Long Table's warm glow. Photo: Joshua Etsimaje The Long Table is the culinary heart of...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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Rhodes SRC elections were nullified as 5 candidates were found to be on academic probation
Nullification unrelated to hate speech of presidential candidate, say, election organizers By Siyamthanda Pongco and Toto Tsarneba Rhodes...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Nov 3, 20224 min read
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Music for social change – the Khutliso Daniels concert
BY SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Lonwabo Sandi leads the Khutliso Daniels High School choir during the concert. Photo: Siyamthanda Pongco Khutliso...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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Khoi-San Leadership Act ‘writes SA’s first indigenous people out of history’
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Jean Burgess speaks at the 2021 Sarah Baartman Commemoration Service, held at Vergaderingskop in Hankey. Photo:...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Not all heroes wear capes – some wear a Dogi
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Joza Karate Club members embody what discipline and hard work can achieve, in this file photo from 2018. Photo:...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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Makhandans urged to stand together against lawlessness and crime
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Grahamstown Community Police Forum members accompany Colonel Nel of the SAPS and his team on crime prevention and...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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Nguni-themed ceramics fired by cultural pride (and cow dung)
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Siyaphakama members (from left): Nonyaniso Nakuphi, Thozama Nkwinti, Thandisizwe Kiti and Mr Fulali. Photo:...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Residents red hot about cherry peppers
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Early morning activity at the Carara Agro Processing Plant in Frere Street. Photo Siyamthanda Pongco The Carara...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Frustrated parents and learners protest ongoing Mary Waters teacher shortages
Retired history teacher volunteers to take some classes By SIYAMTHANDA PONCOand ROD AMNER Parents stand in front of the main entrance to...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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What is the meaning of freedom?
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO All roads lead to The Black Power Station. Photo: Atang Matiea What is freedom? Are we free? What is it we are free...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Makhanda needs action, leadership and accountability, says ActionSA’s Trollip
ActionSA has launched in the Eastern Cape By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Athol Trollip, Eastern Cape chairperson of ActionSA, and Dr Dittmar...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20227 min read
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Standard Bank committed to NAF despite pulling out of Jazz Festival
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO and NAOMI GREWAN National Arts Festival CEO Monica Newton. Photo: Steven Lang Standard Bank announced shortly...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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The Delville Wood memorial parade at Waainek military cemetery
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO The St Andrew's Pipe Band at the Waainek Military Cemetery. Photo: Siyamthanda Pongco We remember not to glorify...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20226 min read
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Can we trust our crime statistics?
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Makhanda has two police stations – one in Joza, the other on Beaufort Street – and some locals may be surprised to...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Lobengula, a generation lost in a foreign land: the history of Fingo Village in Makhanda
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO The King Lobengula Foundation with its Stakeholders at the Princess Zila Lobengula Cultural Heritage Village....
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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The Safe House seeks support to create a safe environment for the victims of gender-based violence
By SIYAMTHANDA PONGCO Luyanda Sakata, Chairperson of the Safe House and the Neighborhood Watch/Anti-Crime. Photo: Luyanda Sakata's...
Siyamthanda Pongco
Oct 23, 20223 min read
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