Category: News and highlights
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Reconciliation Day Celebrations in Graaff-Reinet
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government, under the leadership of Premier Oscar Mabuyane, successfully hosted the Reconciliation Day celebrations on December 16, 2024, at Graaff-Reinet Botanical Gardens. This year’s event paid tribute to the enduring legacy of Robert Sobukwe, a revered politician and anti-colonial activist, whose contributions to the fight against apartheid and advocacy for human…
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Eastern Cape’s Young Athletes Shine in Pretoria at the National School Sport Championships
The Eastern Cape Province’s 179 talented young athletes made their mark at the National School Sport Championships held in Pretoria, Gauteng, from the 13-15 December 2024. Competing in eight diverse sporting codes, including Rugby 7s, Goalball, Softball, Basketball, Table Tennis, Gymnastics, Tennis and Volleyball. Notable achievements included the rugby 7s team’s silver medal win and…
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DSRAC TO HOST THE ANNUAL UMZILA KATAMBO RACE AND CHORAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 🗓
The Amacal’egusha Cricket Board, formerly known as the Border Cricket Village Board, concluded one of its annual tournaments on the 4th January 2024 at Masingatha in Qonce at the Amacal’egusha Cricket Oval. The Interboards Tournament is held annually on the 2nd of January and proceeds for a period of 3 days featuring games played by…
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MEC NGONGO TO WELCOME THE GERMAN DELEGATION FROM THE STATE OF LOWER SAXONY 🗓
Residents from Fort Beaufort and the surroundings took to the cricket grounds to catch the tournament’s fiery final between Tubs and Lamyeni Hard Catch on the 7th of January 2024 at Ngumbela Park, Healdtown. The championship has been hailed for its development to rural cricket in Fort Beaufort from its humble beginnings in 1989. The…
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Isingqisethu Cultural Festival 🗓
The Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, MEC Nonceba Kontsiwe led the annual cultural festival, Isingqisethu in Port St Johns over two days on 2nd to 3rd December 2023. MEC Kontsiwe believes that Isingqisethu helps the province promote its unique identity through arts and culture. Furthermore, it enables the province to celebrate…
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DSRAC Hosts 11th National Youth Camp 🗓
In a bid to promote social cohesion, nation building and national identity using sport and recreation as a catalyst, the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture in partnership with National Department of Sport, Arts and Culture are hosting the 11th National Youth Camp which is underway from 3rd to 8th December 2023…
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Breidbach Awareness Programme 🗓
Breidbach Awareness Programme Improves the Lives of Youth Within the Community The Sub-Directorate of the Special Programmes Unit (SPU) on the Rights of the Child is improving the local community one school at a time, after conducting a successful awareness programme at Breidbach Primary School on 2 November 2023. The awareness session focused on the…
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Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour in EC 🗓
East London Comes Alive as the Boks End Off the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour in EC South Africans welcomed the return of their very own 4-time Rugby World Cup champions in an eruption of excitement to receive the Springboks and trophy back on South African soil as they touched down at the OR Tambo…
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O.R Tambo Choral Music Festival 🗓
The Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture hosted the 20th edition of the O.R Tambo Choral Music Festival in East London on the 28th of October. In celebrating the life and legacy of O.R Tambo, 27 choirs battled for the number one spot. The music festival forms part of the department’s plan to develop…
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Umzila kaTambo Marathon Closes Off O.R Tambo Month 🗓
The Umzila kaTambo Marathon, hosted by Athletics Transkei and administered by the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts, and Culture in collaboration with FNB, Old Mutual, and other strategic partners, kicked-off on the 28th of October in Mbizana. The annual Umzila kaTambo race traces the footsteps of the icon’s birthplace and creates space for athletes from…