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The Best Cities To Retire In Africa: Grahamstown, South Africa Grahamstown city is the ideal retirement destination for art and literature lovers. It hosts national arts festival every summer. It is also home to the famous Rhodes …
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Makhanda (Grahamstown) name change battle goes to court: The re-naming of Grahamstown to Makhanda will be challenged in the High Court as opponents claim the process was procedurally invalid and based on incorrect historical information. That’s the latest …
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SAHRC joins court case against exclusion of undocumented children from school: The application by the Centre will be argued in the Grahamstown High Court in September. The application by the South African Human Rights Commission to be admitted as a friend of the court was …
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Makhanda forever! Grahamstown by any other name is just as charming: Arriving in Makhanda from Joburg by car warrants a sigh of relief. This is not because you have left the smog and the bustle of the city behind, but because navigating the potholed and waterlogged …
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Decade of corruption leaves former South African City of Saints in the dumps: Few places in Africa are blessed like Grahamstown, a community of 70,000, nestled amid the rolling hills of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It boasts a fine university called Rhodes and several …
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LETTER: Grahamstown a shadow of its former self, thanks to ANC: My wife and I had the very good fortune to attend Rhodes University in the early 1970s, in Grahamstown, a beautiful tree-lined, well-governed university town that attracted students, scholars, …
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Bone-dry Makhanda (Grahamstown) is falling apart: Makhanda residents queue as humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers delivers water. Picture: facebook.com There’s a sense of community. Residents are pulling together… Amongst some of the gloom, …
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Grahamstown Father Gets Double Life Sentence For Repeatedly Raping Daughter: The Grahamstown High Court sentenced a 48-year-old father to double life imprisonment for raping his own daughter over a period of time. He was slapped with the sentence this week. Police said he …
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Identity of corpse found in Grahamstown still a mystery: According to reports, the remains were found two months ago along the R67 between Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort. The identity is still unknown and police have asked the public to come forward to …
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Makhanda’s attack on Grahamstown: April 22 marks the bi-centenary of the attack on the British garrison in Grahamstown, led by warrior-prophet, Makhanda, in whose honour the town has now been renamed. The attack was an early phase of …
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