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Makhanda News: 4 men sentenced to 25 years behind bars for Eastern Cape farm attack

16 April 2019 By Port Elizabethan

4 men sentenced to 25 years behind bars for Eastern Cape farm attack: The Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda has sentenced four men to 25 years behind bars for a March 2017 farm attack in Aberdeen, in the Eastern Cape. According to police spokesperson Captain …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

ANC’s Andile Lungisa loses appeal over water jug attack on DA councillor: Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa’s appeal against his conviction and effective two-year jail sentence has been dismissed in the high court in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown). Lungisa …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda businesses battle it out with Eskom to stop massive 14-hour power outages: Lawyers for Makhanda businesses and the local ratepayers on Thursday morning began a marathon meeting with Eskom lawyers to try and come to settlement that will see the city’s lights staying on. The …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

How Makhanda’s GADRA school gives matrics a second chance: JOHANNESBURG — The GADRA Matric School in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) has quickly become the biggest feeder school for Rhodes University. The school only focuses on learners who have previously …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Water crisis in Makhanda a microcosm of SA’s looming health catastrophe – expert: Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), in the Eastern Cape’s Makana municipality, is in the grips of the worst water crisis in its history. Erratic water supply, failing sewage infrastructure, the toxicity …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

SA Political Analyst – “A Vote For Cyril Is A Vote For Thieves”: It is Qedani Mahlangu. It is the Guptas and Bosasa and load-shedding and a crumbling infrastructure. It is the city of Makhanda, where they have changed the name but cannot provide clean water to the …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Fixing South Africa’s public schools: lessons from a small-town university: The Conversation Africa’s Natasha Joseph spoke to Professor Di Wilmot about an initiative in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) to improve the outputs of the small town’s public schools. There is starkly …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Fixing South Africa’s public schools: lessons from a small-town university: The Conversation Africa’s Natasha Joseph spoke to Professor Di Wilmot about an initiative in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) to improve the outputs of the small town’s public schools. What’s the …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda declared a disaster area: MAKHANDA – Makhanda has declared a local state of disaster. The Eastern Cape town, formerly known as Grahamstown, is struggling to deal with a drought. READ: Makhanda water crisis deepens Dam levels …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Gift of the Givers On Standby To Help Mozambique Amid Cyclone: FILE: Makhanda residents queue as humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers delivers water. Picture: facebook.com. Humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers says it is on standby to aid Mozambique …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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