A R60m proposal to develop the vandalised Dan Qeqe Stadium in Zwide was criticised by councillors at a sport, recreation, arts and culture committee meeting on Tuesday over concerns about insufficient information and a lack of consultations with teams that use the facility.
There was once a time when walking down the historic hallways of New Brighton’s two biggest high schools and bumping into John Kani, Dan Qeqe or Sipho Pityana was the norm.
Hailed as the grandfather of township art for his immense contribution to the industry, George Pemba will continue to go down in the history books as one of the most influential SA artists in modern history.
In this excerpt from a people’s history of the Eastern Cape city, Buntu Siwisa captures the struggles and triumphs of a man who insisted on upgrading township schools and ferried anti-apartheid fugitives.