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The English Language
The Grahamstown Foundation believes that the
English language has a major role to play in the development
of South Africa.
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The annual South
African Schools Festivals of English celebrate
the language and its literature, giving school children
from all parts of Southern Africa an opportunity
to participate in poetry, drama and dance workshops,
and attend exhibitions, museum presentations, lectures,
films and concerts. |
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The De Beers English
Olympiad presents senior school pupils with
the challenge of expressing their views on a set
piece of literature in an open-book examination
written in March each year. |
Education
The Grahamstown Foundation works to enrich the teaching
environment, to provide youth leadership and guidance
opportunities, to promote formal and informal education
and to improve training for education personnel.
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SciFest Africa
offers a spectrum of no less than 600 events and
activities including lectures, workshops, demonstrations,
exhibitions, excursions, science olympics, a film-fest
and street parades in just seven days. |
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The Sakhisizwe
project aims to assist teachers to enhance their
professional teaching skills by providing them with
Workshops followed up with Classroom Support visits
where individual teachers' problems and needs are
addressed. |
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The Shakespeare Society
of Southern Africa strives to help people enjoy
themselves through theatrical and intellectual exploration
focussed on Shakespeare, with particular attention
to his 'after-life' in Southern Africa. |
The Performing Arts
Most famously, the Grahamstown Foundation is fully
involved in the fine and performing Arts.
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The The National Arts Festival, held annually at the Monument
and at venues across greater Grahamstown, offers
an exciting and internationally renowned programme
of music, dance, drama and fine art. |
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Additionally, the Village
Green Fair has fast become the most sought after
venue in South Africa for artists, crafters and
flea-market fanatics. |
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The annual Eastern
Cape Eisteddfod, incorporating dance, speech
and drama, photography and original writing, enables
young people to present their work before expert
adjudicators and to compare notes with others. |
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