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Grahamstown residents have stood up and fought against the Eastern Cape government that proposed to move the Grahamstown high court to Bisho. More than 10 000 petitions were signed and the consesus was reached that it should remain in Grahamstown. Some of the people who contributed in saving the high court include Dr Sizwe Mabizela, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University. He and the media adressed the possible negative repercussions of this movement. He and others made their voices heard and they are confident that there will be no future intentions of moving the high court from Grahamstown as they had the power to change the mind of the government.

Rhodes University, the High court and some other government departments in Grahamstown are the only sources of Employment in this city as Grahamstown is very tiny. With the removal of the High court from Grahamstown, many Grahamstown residents would remain unemployed and Rhodes University is incapable of employing each and every individual in Grahamstown. Instead of taking some government departments and other sources of Employment away, they should just build more instead in order to fight poverty in Grahamstown.

Added 18/04/2011

Derek Gripper, a South African Guitarist, will be at Rhodes University tonight together with an Indian tabla master Udai Mazumdar. These two started working together in 2009 in Basel Jazz club which was held in Switzerland. They again performed together in the Western Cape and that is where they recorded their CD called "Rising" which was released on the 25th of June 2011.

The month of April is theirs. They are travelling around the country. From the 8th of April, they were at KwaZulu Natal performing at the different compases of the University of KwaZulu Natal. On the 13th they performed in Swaziland, from the 16th to the 17th they performed in Gauteng, and this week they are in the Eastern Cape. Today the 19th of of April they are in Grahamstown, tomorrow in Port Elizabeth and from the 22nd to the 23rd they will be in Cape Town still roling it like that.

The concert will be at Beethoven Room, Rhodes Department of Music & Musicology. On the 19th of April 2011 at 17:30. The entrance fee for students will be R30 and non students will pay R60.
 

if you love jazz music, and a fan of Derek Gripper and Udai Mazumdar...then today you have a line. you know where to go.

Added 19/04/2011