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Makhanda in the news: Makhanda in Eastern Cape is running out of water

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Makhanda in Eastern Cape is running out of water: Parts of Makhanda in the Eastern Cape have two months supply of water left. Dam levels that supply the west of the city are below 30 %. Residents have called on national government to intervene as day …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

State Theatre rescues Dance Umbrella: Nyamza is the first dance artist to be chosen as the Featured Artist at the 2018 National Arts Festival in Makhanda. She is also an alumnus to both the State Theatre as a resident dancer and choreogra…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

The poet on the genesis of ‘Four Roads’: Since writing ‘Four Roads’, the name of the town has been changed to Makhanda, in keeping with the new South Africa, but I believe it will be a while before some of the negative ideologies (racism, se…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Eastern Cape’s finest tackle SA’s best of the best: Constable Lonwabo Ndzima, sensei of the Joza Karate Club in Makhanda (Grahamstown), said the competition would feature teams of police officials competing against one another in four martial arts disc…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Move on to other name changes: Changing geographical names was an integral part of establishing colonial hegemony The announcement in June that arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa had approved the belated name change of Graham…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Battle over renaming Grahamstown: Renaming Grahamstown to Makhanda has been a comedy of errors and a civil society organisation has warned that arts & culture minister Nathi Mthethwa may have to pay the cost of the resulting litigatio…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

The new Volvo XC60 is a match made in road trip heaven: My last three visits to the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (now Makhanda) have been undertaken in Volvos. I’ve completed the near 1000km journey in an XC90, V90 Cross Country and in 2018 an XC6…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Editorial: Strike down rape culture: Last Friday, a third-year university student died of suicide at home in Johannesburg. Khensani Maseko had been raped in Makhanda in May. Yesterday her family buried her. It was Women’s Day. The signif…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

KGG disputes Ministers figures on objections to Grahamstown name change: The lobby group, Keep Grahamstown Grahamstown, has disputed figures released by the Department of Sport, Art and Culture, on the number of objections received to changing the city’s name to Makhanda. …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Govt receives more than 300 objections over Grahamstown renaming: The Eastern Cape town could be named in honour of Xhosa warrior Makhanda. The objections range from concerns over cost implications and claims that there were a lack of consultations. Last month, howe…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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