THURSDAY, 7 MARCH
U3A
Come and hear! @ Grahamstown Bowling Club 10:00-11:00
R5 entry fee
Grahamstown Bridge Club
@ Grahamstown Bowling Club, African Street
13:15 for 13:30
Contact Sheila Hicks: 083 442 3322 R15 non-members | R10 members
The Spirit of Spain
Classical guitar recital.
@ The Beethoven Room (Rhodes Music Department)
19:00
Contact the Music Society of Makhanda (d.samson@sacschool. com)
R100 adults | R80 pensioners | R50 tertiary students | School pupils and MSM Season Ticket holders free
Thursday Pool Competition
@ SSS Top Bar, 19b New Street 18:30 – 19:00
Contact: Mike Theron on 082 477 3689
Free entry
COMING SOON
Saturday, 9 March – Taste and Create: Tie-Dye and Stencilling adult class. Learn different Tie-Dye techniques and how to create a stencil. Create something one of a kind for yourself or as a unique gift. @ Carinus Art Centre, 18A Donkin Street. Contact Lindi Louw 0727268938. R220 per class.
Saturday, 9 March – Annual
Bowls Tournament. The Bowls
Day is held in partnership with the Albany Bowling Club, and we aim to raise much-needed funds for the operations of Child Welfare
Grahamstown. We employ 7 Social Workers, 2 Social Auxiliary workers, and 1 Administrative officer in our town office. We also run a preschool for 70 children who are looked after by 6 ECD practitioners. We also operate a Cluster Foster Home Scheme in Joza Location, where we currently house 10 children who are looked after by 2 housemothers. We also run an after-school care program for 32 children in Joza Location and Hooggenoeg, where we help the children with reading and mathematics. Child Welfare Grahamstown has been operating in Grahamstown for 107 years, and we wish to continue this legacy by keeping our children free from the risk of harm @ Albany Bowling Club. Contact Sean at 0727306469 or Debs at 0716874531.
Saturday, 9 March – The Foodie Loop. Three African street Restaurants, Revelations, Nics Nest, and The Fork & Dagger, are doing a travelling three-course meal! The food will be deliciously prepared with a wine paring (the wines will be advertised soon). You will start the experience at the Fork & Dagger with a mouth-watering starter of fajitas and fresh guacamole with salsa, you will walk to Revelations for a sensational main with the silkiest potatoes, and lastly, you will make your way back up the street to Nic’s Nest for some tantalizing blondies with a smooth, creamy and apricoty dessert. @ Starting at 49 African Street, the Fork & Dagger at 15:00. For booking, contact 082 801 2385. Price: R270 pp.
Thursday, 14 March – WESSA
Talk. WESSA Makhanda Branch, celebrating the theme “Water” in 2024, invites one and all to the Chris Nair talk, titled “Makana Emergency Water Capacity Intervention Program 2024: a means of longterm sustainability” Chris Nair’s talk will highlight the important water supply issues currently experienced by everyone in the Grahamstown’s community. @ Amazwi Auditorium, South African Museum of Literature, 25A Worcester Street, at 18:30. Costs: Adults R10 | Students R5 | Scholars Free | Wine per glass is R15.
Saturday, 16 March – Kingswood College Hospice Music Trivia Dinner. The Kingswood College Concert Band has supported Hospice annually since 2010! Last year’s event (a Music Trivia evening) was enjoyed by all who attended, so we are doing it again this year. All funds raised go to Grahamstown & Sunshine Coast Hospice. @ Kingswood College HighPerformance Centre, Burton Street, at 19:00. Contact Alke Bradfield (a.bradfield@kingswoodcollege. com) to book. Tickets cost R150 p/p or R1500 per table of 10 guests.
Friday, 22 March – Sunday, 24 March
– Bathurst Agricultural Show. @ Showgrounds, Bathurst. Contact: 0636855117.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES February Raffle
Makana Vet Clinic Raffle
Monthly raffle tickets on sale in aid of Makana Vet Clinic for outreach and sterilizations
Tickets are on sale at Hi-Tec SeGino’s, Jeannie’s Hair Salon, Red Cafe, East Cape Pets, Makana Vet Clinic, and Gavroche Salon.
Contact Lou at 0832951982 if you’d like to donate a prize or offer to be a ticket-selling venue.
Tickets are R10
Every Saturday
Grahamstown Feral Cat Project We now have our bookshop where you can browse a small but nice selection of preloved books. All monies raised will go towards sterilizing feral cats and the costs of rescuing abandoned adults or kittens in foster care. All donations will be gratefully accepted and can be dropped at the shop.
@ CES building, next door to Nic’s nest at 65 African Street
09:00 – 12:00
Bernadette Emslie (073 277 0577) R10 upwards per book (Cash only)
Fridays | 23 February – 22 March
Stations of the Cross
Prepare for Easter in a significant way. Meditation during Lent.
@ ST Patricks Church, 47 Hill Street 06:30 – 7:00
Free entry