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The Rat & Parrot
Makhanda · Sarah Baartman
The New Street pub that generations of Rhodes students have used as their default meeting point.
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Arts festival
National Arts Festival
Makhanda
Africa's largest arts festival takes over Makhanda for about eleven days each winter, filling halls, churches and school venues with theatre, music and visual art.
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Rhodes University
Makhanda
The university shapes the whole town — its academic year sets the rhythm of Makhanda's restaurants, accommodation and nightlife.
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Observatory Museum
Makhanda
A restored Victorian house on Bathurst Street containing a working camera obscura in its rooftop turret, projecting a live image of the town onto a table.
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