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Makhanda in the news: Water Wednesday: Day Zero could hit Makhanda (Grahamstown) in two months

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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.

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…
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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.

Rhodes wants inquest into Khensani Maseko’s death: MAKHANDA – Rape culture is in the spotlight again after the suicide of a Rhodes University student. Rhodes said they have approached the NPA and want an investigation to take place into the circumstan…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Drugs link in crime spike: In a Regional Court case earlier this year two Grahamstown (Makhanda) brothers were accused of selling drugs from their family home. The subsequent effects on the community were shocking, including en…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Before You Arrive We Were Here: Shuma Sopotela’s ‘Indlulamthi’: This production was realized with Lulamil Nikani, the Palestinian actor Ahmad Tobasi and Makhanda-based children from Ntsika High School and several other children groups she invited. Several other qu…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Life and death of a little river: Here she ties her narrative to the beautiful iQohi/Kowie River, only 70 kilometres long, which flows from near Makhanda to Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape. This is far more than a personal memoir. The …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

‘A is for Awesome’ podcast: Episode 6: Today we’re talking about an awesome homegrown dinosaur, the Nqwebasaurus Thwazi, and imagining a future where a giant statue of him replaces Cecil John Rhodes in Makhanda, and John Kani voices his ro…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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