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Makhanda News: Makhanda drowns in sewage – DA EC

26 February 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Makhanda drowns in sewage – DA EC: As the municipal workers’ strike continues unabated in Makhanda, residents are being forced to live in conditions that are not even fit for animals. While severe water leakages continue to plague the …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

A countrywide water shortage is looming and government is mum on wastewater audit: Meanwhile, infrastructure failures, combined with drought, have led to severe water shortages in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, where taps run dry for days and residents have to line up to fill …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda finds alternative water source: Mosque damages amount to R1.5m after fire Schooling resumes in Shaleng in the N West Jiba continues giving testimony at Mokgoro Enquiry Nehawu vows to intensify TVET colleges strike Correctional Servi…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Sondolo IT to continue with security services at court buildings: Nehawu vows to intensify TVET colleges strike Correctional Services to introduce Offender Skills Development project Mabuza makes stunning revelation at State Capture Inquiry Makhanda finds alternativ…
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.

Gift of Givers’ hydrologist strikes water, gives Makhanda fresh hope: Cape Town – Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has struck pure drinking water in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. The organisation’s founder, Imtiaz Sooliman, said yesterday its hydrologist, ge…
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.

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