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Makhanda News: Chasing down a childhood dream

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Chasing down a childhood dream: Pope recalled. Her interest in the natural world rose to a new level during her junior year, when Pope studied abroad at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. She explored diverse environments …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

E.Cape municipalities to receive drought relief funding: The drought stricken Makhanda Municipality gets R22 million. The allocation will go towards the refurbishment of the aging water infrastructure in the City of Saints. The James Kleinhans water …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

“The municipality is not collecting our rubbish”: GroundUp reports that this comes after the High Court in Makhanda ordered it in mid-2018 to settle a R21-million debt it owed civil engineers Milowo Trading. The municipality auctioned off 44 vehicles …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

WHS to fly the flag at Kingswood Festival: WINDHOEK High School’s first boys hockey team leaves for Makhanda (formerly known as Grahamstown) in South Africa to compete in the Kingswood College Festival later this month. As part of Kingswood …
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.

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