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Makhanda News: EDITORIAL: Another Life Esidimeni tragedy waiting to happen

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EDITORIAL: Another Life Esidimeni tragedy waiting to happen: In 2016, as the Life Esidimeni tragedy was unfolding in Gauteng, a crisis of a different sort was playing out in the corridors of Fort England, a psychiatric hospital in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Newhouse to host discussion on apartheid in South Africa: The Newhouse team brought four high school students and two representatives from the Syracuse City School District on a two-week reporting trip to Makhanda, South Africa. Harper said South Africa is a …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Drilling against time to find water in Makhanda: Cape Town – Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers entered Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, earlier this month and has since delivered hundreds of thousands of litres of bottled water to areas al…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Science and tech department marks 23 years of Scifest: Preparation is under way for the 23 rd annual science and technology festival, Scifest Africa, to be held in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape, from 6 to 12 March. Scifest, which attracts ove…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Water Snippets: Engineering News, 11 February 2019 Gift of the Givers given green light to drill boreholes in water-scarce Makhanda The Makana municipality has given the green light to disaster relief organisation Gi…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Reconsidering South Africa’s approach to waste pickers: Fistoz Notyawa, 28, is a waste picker who lives on a landfill in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape. He collects recyclable material to sell to scrap yards and buyback centres. He mov…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda residents take municipality to court over ‘toxic’ water: Attorney Brin Brody is representing residents including the Unemployed Peoples’ Movement which has raised concern about bacteria in the water coming out of the taps. CAPE TOWN – A group of Makhanda re…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Drought-stricken Makhanda to get thousands of litres of water: Port Elizabeth – A hydrologist with the humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has found drinking water in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape at his first drilling attempt. The …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Gift of the Givers strikes water in drought-stricken Makhanda: A hydrologist with the humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has found drinking water in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape at his first drilling attempt. The organisation said …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

South Africa: Makhanda Water Crisis – Fresh Hope As Gift of the Givers Strikes Water: Makana municipality in the Eastern Cape has declared all its water, except in Riebeek East, free from E. coli as the Gift of the Givers rejoices over the quick discovery of underground water in Makhan…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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