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Grahamstown News: South Africa’s brightest young minds shine at this year’s Scifest Afica

10 April 2019 By Port Elizabethan

South Africa’s brightest young minds shine at this year’s Scifest Afica: Earlier this month, hundreds of South Africa’s brightest minds made their way to Makhanda (Grahamstown) for the annual Scifest Africa festival. Celebrating its 23 rd year, the event was …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Dam levels remain critically low in Makhanda: Makhanda – Dam levels in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, are at a critical level despite the rain. The Howieson’s Poort level is at 29.3% and the Settlers dam at 7.6%. The Makana …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

Dam levels in Makhanda remain critically low: Dam levels in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, are at a critical level despite the rain. The Howiesonspoort dam level is at 29.3% and the Settlers dam at 7.6%. The Makana …
Source: “Grahamstown” – BingNews.

‘Used’ car case haunts Wesbank: Cape Town – A legal claim over an alleged fraudulent sale of a motor vehicle is set to return to court soon after the customer approached the Grahamstown High Court again, in a move which could lead …
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.

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.

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