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Grahamstown News: Mr President, things are falling apart. Please hear our cry for help

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Mr President, things are falling apart. Please hear our cry for help: I hear you will be visiting us in Makhanda on Freedom Day. I chair the Grahamstown Residents’ Association (name change pending an AGM) and would like to welcome you in advance. In some ways …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Rhodes graduates warned against betrayal of public trust for personal gain: Addressing a multitude of graduates and the university’s alumni at a prestigious ceremony — the first of six graduation events running from Thursday to Saturday in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown — …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Makhanda Municipality working hard to avoid Day Zero: As the water crisis has worsened in Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, the Municipality is putting more measures in place to ensure that the town does not see Day Zero. The …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

PhD’s galore at Rhodes University’s graduation: A total of 2 321 graduates will be capped at the Rhodes University’s ongoing three-day graduation ceremony in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown. This year, the university is churning out 89 Ph.D. …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

PhDs galore at Rhodes University’s three-day graduation ceremony: A total of 2, 321 graduates will be capped at the Rhodes University’s ongoing three-day 2019 graduation ceremony at the vast campus in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province.
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

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.

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