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Makhanda in the news: Scholarship opportunity up for grabs

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Scholarship opportunity up for grabs: In Port Elizabeth, beneficiaries will study at either Collegiate Girls’ High School or Grey High School, while in Makhanda, pupils will go to St Andrew’s College or Diocesan School for Girls. To quali…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Minister Dlodlo to honour retired public servants during a Public Service Month event in Makhanda: The Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo will on Friday, 21 September 2018, honour retired public servants during a community engagement programme in Makhanda, formerly …
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.

White staff claim racial discrimination and abuse: A group of 30 white health and administration staff at the Fort England psychiatric hospital in Makhanda (Grahamstown) claim they are the victims of racial discrimination, abuse and hate speech. They …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Convicted fraudster Nombiba must hand himself over to authorities today: Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Bongo Nombiba has until today to hand himself over to authorities after his petition to appeal against his conviction and jail sentence was dismissed by the Eastern C…
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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