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Grahamstown News: Grahamstown faces daily 14-hour power cuts due to R90-million Eskom debt

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Grahamstown faces daily 14-hour power cuts due to R90-million Eskom debt: South Africans are suffering regular and extended load-shedding by Eskom, an issue that shows no sign of being resolved. Grahamstown residents, however, face a much larger threat to their electricity …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Lungisa should not spend a single day in prison, advocate Ngcukaitobi tells Grahamstown high court: The effective two-year prison sentence imposed on Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa induced a sense of shock and was wholly inappropriate, his counsel advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi argued in …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

South Africa: Grahamstown Schools Hit By Water Cuts: Makhanda’s unreliable water supply is causing serious sanitation problems for a local school. The Sarah Baartman District Municipality, which includes Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), was declared a …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Plea for visitors: Borehole and rain bring reprieve for Grahamstown Arts Festival: “The festival will have water. We’ve got this.” That is what National Arts Festival CEO Tony Lankester wrote in a letter amid worries about water shortages in Makhanda (Grahamstown) ahead of the …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Police uncover cannabis during searches at Batlow and Grahamstown: A 52-year-old man from Grahamstown has been charged with cultivating prohibited plants, handling explosives without authorisation and possessing a prohibited drug. It comes after police executed two …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

South Africa: Grahamstown Residents Queue for Hours for Water: Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is having the worst water crisis in its history. Extended drought in parts of the Eastern Cape, combined with municipal neglect of water supply infrastructure, has …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Grahamstown residents queue for hours for water: Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is having the worst water crisis in its history. Extended drought in parts of the Eastern Cape, combined with municipal neglect of water supply infrastructure, has …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Day zero looms for Makhanda: Day Zero is looming for the town of Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, which has pleaded with the national and provincial governments to step in to help prevent the taps running dry. Mzukisi …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Grahamstown-born Saffer who is London’s “Father of the Tube”: Immigrants to major cities tend to stay close to each other. In London, relocated South Africans favour the south west, an area whose commuter trains converge onto Waterloo Station, the UK’s busiest. …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Steve Hofmeyr on why he won’t refer to Grahamstown as Makhanda: Controversial Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr took to Twitter to weigh in on the renaming of Grahamstown. The Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown was officially been renamed to Makhanda on Tuesday, and …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

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