The build of TGP’s tourism marketing portal is progressing well and a batch of photo-shoots by Robs Oosthuysen Images were executed with aplomb.
Great to have Noom, Bentwoods, Homeground and many others onboard.
If any Grahamstown / Eastern Cape businesses want to be part of the launch please contact me.
Also, a limited number of free photo-shoots by Robyn still available. Contact me asap.
On Wednesday we co-hosted the Kwandwe rangers on Otto Ntshebe’s “Spirit of Life” Grahamstown tour.
A highlight was the visit to the Egazini Outreach Programme. We enjoyed “township art” and were entertained by Vuyo Booi’s children’s dance group.
In the evening we attended Robyn Cooper’s outstanding “Grahamstown Photo A Day” exhibition where 200 photographs were on display.
www.grahamstownphotoaday.co.za
This weekend is action-packed in Grahamstown. The Graeme College Rugby Day kickstarts the rugby season in Grahamstown. A feast of matches and cold beer.
And then on Sunday and Monday evenings the 5th Annual Masicule Concert at The Monument. I went last year. It is remarkable. Culminates in nearly 1,000
choristers from 15 choirs on one stage.
That’s it folks. Have wonderful weekend, wherever you are. Love Grahamstown.
GRAEME HOLMES
Before moving back to Grahamstown in Oct 2017, Graeme was a bank executive based in the big smoke and craziness of Joburg. He has 20 years’ experience in the Payments Industry. He is a Chartered Accountant, has a Masters in Management by Research (MMR) from Wits Business School, and attended an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) offered by INSEAD (The Business School for the World!) in France.
Graeme is the founder of The Grahamstown Project. It’s simple. He says, “Grahamstown is a microcosm of South Africa. If we can’t get this place to function properly then the whole country is stuffed. Many of the troubles we experience as a country today have their roots here in Grahamstown. it is here where black and white people first engaged in conflict on the African continent. It is here where 9 wars of dispossession over 100 years took place and virtually destroyed the amaXhosa nation. But we are where we are. I don’t have a British passport and the boat-trip back to where my ancestors came from is exorbitantly expensive. Furthermore, this is my home. I am a son of Africa. We must work together to redress the injustices of the past and move as one into a brighter future.”
Graeme is an avid historian, writer, vlogger and public speaker. Like and follow the Facebook page. Join him on a tour. Contact him. He would love that.