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Makhanda News: 8 Oct Why we should celebrate Grahamstown being renamed Makhanda

9 December 2018 By Port Elizabethan

8 Oct Why we should celebrate Grahamstown being renamed Makhanda: Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape has officially been renamed to Makhanda. In June this year, Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa announced a name change for Grahamstown in the Government Gazette. …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

What is at stake in demanding formal educational qualifications in democratic politics?: In the case of Ntsikana his vision was more accommodating of the colonial order, while Makhanda became a warrior-prophet and after leading an attack on the garrison in Grahamstown, was imprisoned on R…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Mthetheleli Makhanda: On 23 September 2017 at about 12:15 at 08 Mathambiso Street, KTC, the complainant was inside her house, when this man known as Mthetheleli Makhanda he threaten her with a knife and robbed her of cloth…
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.

Theatre shows lined up in #MzansiFela Festival: and Best Lighting Design and won Standard Bank Fringe Golden Award at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (Makhanda). MANTSHO is an enticing Sesotho cultural play based on the king of Bakoena Cl…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Farm for Sale in Bathurst: Situated approximately halfway between Port Alfred and Grahamstowns, now Makhanda, is a very exclusive place. Formally a lodge and wellness centre with a game reserve, this is a very special place whi…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Judge finds injured teen can sue police: A Makhanda teenager, whose right knee was injured after being shot with a rubber bullet during a violent xenophobic protest in October 2015, can now sue police for damages. The then grade 10 pupil, 19 …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

My Great Big Makhanda Holiday PLUS Back to School: The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communitie…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

National Arts Festival is calling all emerging South African writers: The winning play will be announced and awarded a production budget, which will see it present as a premiere on the Main Programme or Arena at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda in June 2019. The d…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Seven people killed in three EC accidents: Seven people were killed in three road accidents in the Eastern Cape over the weekend. Two of the accidents were on the N2 between Makhanda and King William’s Town and one near Middledrift. The worst …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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