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Grahamstown News: Saving water is everyone’s problem

23 March 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Saving water is everyone’s problem: In South Africa, seeing areas such as Makhanda (formerly known as Grahamstown) in the Sarah Baartman Municipality declared “a state of disaster” shows how grim the situation is. Residents in this area …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Makana Municipality assures residents they won’t be #LoadShed for 14 hours a day: Port Elizabeth – The Makana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, formerly Grahamstown, has promised panicked residents that they will not experience extended load shedding of up to 14 hours per day …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Weather forecast forGrahamstown, Eastern Cape (South Africa): 00:00–06:00 Cloudy. 19° 0 mm Moderate breeze, 6 m/s from south-southwest 06:00–12:00 Partly cloudy. 18° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from south-southwest 12:00–18:00 Fair. 25° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s …
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.

The Grahamstown Festival: For ten days every July, Grahamstown bursts to overflowing as the town’s population doubles, with visitors descending for the annual National Arts Festival – usually called the Grahamstown Festival. …
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.

Grahamstown High Court affirms Public Protector’s Mandela funeral report: The Grahamstown High Court has affirmed Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s recommendations regarding the plundering of public resources to the tune of R300-million in the funeral and memorial …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Public Protector pleased her findings upheld by EC High Court: The High Court in the Eastern Cape in Grahamstown has upheld the Public Protector, Mkhwebane‘s findings, In December 2017, Mkhwebane found that the Eastern Cape provincial government had improperly …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Farm for Sale in Grahamstown Central: Vaalkrans, a legendary hunting and game breeding farm situated near Grahamstown. The property is 2 582ha in extent. The Vaalkrans property includes a main residence with four bedrooms en-suite with an …
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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