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Makhanda News: Discontented Makhanda residents turn up in numbers

9 May 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Discontented Makhanda residents turn up in numbers: Despite inclement weather, Makhanda (Grahamstown) voters, especially the elderly, came out in vast numbers from as early as 6am Wednesday to make their marks. Makhanda residents have continuously …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Diekmann aiming for Olympics qualification: Diekmann grew up on a farm close to Otjiwarongo, and straight after school went to study at Rhodes University in Makhanda (formerly known as Grahamstown), where she graduated with an honours degree in …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

National Arts Festival 2019: Highlights from the stellar line-up and where you can get tickets: Makhanda – Held in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) from 27 June – 7 July 2019, the main programme for National Arts Festival forms part of a much broader offering of independent works and multiple …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

National Art Fest’s main programme released: The lineup for the main programme of the National Arts Festival has been unveiled. The annual arts festival will be held in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) from 27 June to 7 July 2019. This year’s …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare: If they assist us, Holy Cross is moving in the right direction.” *Kathryn Cleary is a health journalist with Grocott’s Mail in Makhanda, Eastern Cape and was commissioned by Spotlight to write this …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Bicentenary: Makhanda’s attack on Grahamstown: This article was first published by New Frame. In 1819, Makhanda, the Xhosa warrior-prophet, united a large body of the western Xhosa to expel the British who had recently invaded their territory and …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makana municipality is a city in deep crisis: The city of Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, is home to the National Arts Festival, Rhodes University, a nest of private and public schools, and a regional high court. It should be a lodestar for the …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

CapeTalk listener? Share your thoughts so you can win a R2 500 Takealot voucher!: Ramaphosa uses Freedom Day speech to highlight water crisis in Makhanda Gift of the Givers distributed 120,000 litres of water for free after the event, as its almost two-month long R22-million …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

My Broadband’s Vermeulen questions why USB power sockets must have switches: Freedom Day celebrations start in Makhanda as President Ramaphosa arrives Freedom Day celebrations officially started in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape with the arrival of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Agri News Podcast: Jail-time for rhino poachers: According to departmental spokesperson, Albi Modise – Jabulani Ndlovu, Forget Ndlovu, and Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu, were arrested and charged with 55 counts related to 13 rhino poaching incidents near …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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