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Grahamstown

Administration
Full nameGrahamstown
Official nameGrahamstown
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictCacadu
MunicipalityMakana
Government
TypeCity Council
Geography
Total Area1286670.8 sq mi (3333344 km2)
Demography
Total Population124758
Other information
Time zoneSAST (UTC)
PostcodeStreet addresses: 6139
PO boxes: 6140
Area code046

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Grahamstown (Afrikaans: Grahamstad) is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black, 11.8% Coloured, 10% white, and 0.7% Asian. Since 1994, there has been a considerable influx of Black people from the former Ciskei Xhosa homeland, which lies just to the east. The city proper has an overwhelming white majority, while the neighboring townships (geographically separate, but tied together politically) have growing Black or Coloured majorities.

Located some 130 km from Port Elizabeth and 180 km from East London, Grahamstown is also the seat of Rhodes University, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and home to the College of the Transfiguration- the only residential provincial college of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa - and a High Court. However it does not form part of the South African Cities Network.

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Auditions for SA musical production - Media Update Tweet this news
Media Update--YourArt Productions, a Benoni-based company, is presenting a South African musical titled The Four Seasons at the -Grahamstown- Festival this year, ... - Date : Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:21:06 GMT+00:00
Manleys cricketers trash Kenton - Grocott's Mail Online Tweet this news
Grocott's Mail Online--An impressive 83 runs by opener Simon Botha helped Manleys Flats 2nd XI to trounce Kenton-on Sea 2nd XI by 175 runs in their -Grahamstown- Cricket Board 2nd ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:40:20 GMT+00:00
Play keeps playwright in the limelight - Sowetan Tweet this news
Sowetan--Last year,Spirit and Bones was staged at the -Grahamstown- National Arts Festival, Pacofs, Bloemfontein and the State Theatre's Mzansi Fela Festival.--- - Date : Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:53:03 GMT+00:00
Dagga found in man's yard - Independent Online Tweet this news
Independent Online--Johannesburg - A 45-year-old man was arrested in a township outside -Grahamstown- for cultivating dagga, Eastern Cape police said on Monday. ... - Date : Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:12:46 GMT+00:00
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Screen Africa--D-day for registration of Fringe productions, exhibitions and films for the 2011 National Arts Festival in -Grahamstown- is 29 January. ... - Date : Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:37:07 GMT+00:00
Duo for National Arts Festival's production team - Artslink.co.za News (press release) Tweet this news
Artslink.co.za News (press release)--The National Arts Festival, -Grahamstown- has brought on board two dynamic women to head up the technical division of the Festival. ... - Date : Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:36:51 GMT+00:00
LoveLife train keeps kids on track - Grocott's Mail Online Tweet this news
Grocott's Mail Online--That place is the -Grahamstown- Station, where the loveLife train has been on a week-long mission to change the lives of the city's youth. ... - Date : Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:33:25 GMT+00:00
Top runners turn out for the Friendly City Marathon - Weekend Post Tweet this news
Weekend Post--Van der Merwe is based in -Grahamstown-, where she runs for Run for Life, but is a regular visitor to The Herald Flexider Marathon.--- - Date : Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:10:37 GMT+00:00
He's clever, talented and famous... and he's ours - Grocott's Mail Online Tweet this news
Grocott's Mail Online--The sky is definitely not the limit for -Grahamstown--born Eusebius McKaiser, who is currently a Talk Radio 702 talk show host, Wits University Philosophy ... - Date : Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:36:27 GMT+00:00
Unathi to produce baba no 2 - Sunday World Tweet this news
Sunday World--The couple got hitched in September 2009 in -Grahamstown- at a private ceremony that was attended only by close family and friends . ... - Date : Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:23:22 GMT+00:00

Festivals :
School Year Founded Denomination Language Grades Gender Private/Public
St. Andrew's College 1855 Anglican English 8-12 Single sex male (integrated classes with D.S.G. from Gr.10 onwards) Private
Graeme College (known variously before 1939 as Victoria Boys' High School and the Grahamstown Public School) 1873 Non-denominational English 1-12 Single sex male Public
Diocesan School for Girls (D.S.G) 1874 Anglican English 4-12 Single sex female Private
St. Aidan's College 1876 (closed 1973) Jesuit English ?-12 Single sex male Private
St. Andrew's Preparatory School 1885 Anglican English 0-7 Single sex male (Co-ed. until Gr.4) Private
Kingswood College 1894 Methodist English 0-12 Co-educational Private
Victoria Girls' High School 1897 Non-denominational English 8-12 Single sex female Public
Victoria Girls' Primary 1945 Non-denominational English 1-7 Single sex female Public
Oatlands Preparatory 1949 Non-denominational English 0-3 Co-educational Public
P.J. Olivier 1956 Non-denominational Afrikaans 0-12 Co-educational Public



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