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Grahamstown in the news: OPINION | Fathers of initiates cannot be pushed aside

6 July 2018 By Port Elizabethan

OPINION | Fathers of initiates cannot be pushed aside: The point is, most of the time initiates in places such as Port Elizabeth, Peddie, Grahamstown, King William’s Town and Butterworth go to initiation school and return home without deaths or amputation…
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Festival’s soul-filling and skeleton-shaking sounds: There are many different festivals at the 2018 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. One could focus exclusively on dance, film or visual art; and even if you came just for the music, you’d still nee…
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Change of name contested: A Grahamstown-based organisation is challenging the name change of the town to Makhanda. Keep Grahamstown Grahamstown (KGG) said the recent notice published by arts & culture minister Nathi Mthethwa i…
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Grahamstown name change notice defective, argues KGG: A Grahamstown-based civic organisation is challenging the name change of the town to Makhanda. Keep Grahamstown Grahamstown (KGG) says the recent notice published by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mt…
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Grahamstown to be renamed Makhanda: Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape will soon have a new name. The changing of the name Grahamstown to Makhanda was published in the Government Gazette on Friday, the Department of Arts and Culture said. …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

South Africa: Grahamstown to Be Renamed Makhanda After Xhosa Warrior: Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape will soon have a new name. The changing of the name Grahamstown to Makhanda was published in the Government Gazette on Friday, the Department of Arts and Culture said. …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

South Africa: Grahamstown to be Renamed After Xhosa Warrior: Cape Town — Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has published a government gazette stating that Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape will be renamed Makhanda. The name pays homage to the Xhosa warr…
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Govt wants Grahamstown renamed to Makhanda: Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa announced on Friday that government has gazetted the changing of the name of the Eastern Cape town, Grahamstown, to Makhanda, in line with the letter and sp…
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Grahamstown to be renamed: Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has gazetted the renaming of Grahamstown to Makhanda. Mthethwa says the renaming of the eastern town follows 20 years of discussions by members of the public, …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Grahamstown to be renamed Makhanda: The minister of arts and culture Nathi Mthethwa has published a government gazette indicating that the Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown will have its name changed to Makhanda. In an attached statement …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

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