Alt-rock folk band The Hyacinth Wild have been tripping across the Eastern Cape, performing intimate shows in Hogsback and Makhanda and, on Friday, will be in East London. The band from Eshowe, near Durban, opt for local anecdotes over poetic clichés, with a set of about 20 original songs from members Dave Starke 43, (vocalist and writer), Lizzie Gaisford, 33, (guitar, bass and vocals) and Strato Copteros, 56, (drums and percussion).
Buffalo City Metro is gearing up for a weekend of hosting creative legends, Grammy winners, gospel stars, authors and activities at Sm(art) City Fest, which opened on Friday at the Guild Theatre. In celebration of Buffalo City's designation as a Unesco Creative City, presented by Urban-Rural Creative Lab NPC, and funded by the Eastern Cape department of sports, recreation arts & culture's community festival development programme, the two-day event opens with Grammy-winning talent Ndumiso Man.
The forgotten roads between East London and its surrounding towns and coastal villages have deteriorated into hazardous daily commutes for residents, whose attempts to patch up their disintegrating routes is a never-ending nightmare. Buffalo Pass was the symbolic launching pad of the national pothole repair operation Vala Zonke.
Unstressed Surf School in Chintsa, founded years ago by Mike Denison, Gill and Eric Harrison and others, draws young members from local townships and the seaside town and has made amazing steps in building young lives. Lisa Cloete, representing the school, now run by Lulam Komisa, Gill and Erik Harrison and volunteers, answered our questions.