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Makhanda in the news: State Theatre rescues Dance Umbrella

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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.

OPINION | All legal boxes ticked in G’town name battle: The article “Battle over renaming G’town” published on September 6 2018, followed several news reports about questions regarding the legality of renaming Grahamstown to Makhanda. SA is emerging from a …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Water Wednesday: Day Zero could hit Makhanda (Grahamstown) in two months: The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS), Pam Tshwete, visited Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) this week and was told the city could run out of water in two months. Here is the weekly water a…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Alleged EC rhino poachers denied bail: The men were arrested about 2km outside Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) as part of anti- poaching exercise dubbed Operation Full Moon. “It is alleged that the suspects’ vehicles were stopped and upon …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Battle over renaming G’town: The relevant legislation requires that the minister must consider each and every objection Renaming Grahamstown to Makhanda has been a comedy of errors and a civil society organisation has warned that …
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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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