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Makhanda News: Middle-class water privileges are irrational

29 January 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Middle-class water privileges are irrational: Makhanda is heading towards a drought-fuelled water crisis. One gets the sense that our local political leaders have their heads in the sand about the matter. Currently, at least one major dam is sitt…
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.

No end in sight yet to Makhanda supply crisis: Most of Makhanda has been without water since Sunday. It is one of several prolonged water outages that the roughly 70,000 residents have suffered over the festive season – including Christmas day – a…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

DA says Makana Local Municipality failing its people, wants Xasa to intervene: In Riebeek East, just outside Makhanda, four new boreholes are ready to bring much needed water to the drought-stricken town, but the Makana Local Municipality has failed to connect the boreholes or s…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda – formerly Grahamstown, now a city of shame: DA: The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape on Friday claimed that the town of Makhanda – formerly Grahamstown, has become a city of shame. “Human waste running down the streets, RDP houses with …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Ghana: Barclays Bank to Rebrand As Absa in 2020: Makhanda — BARCLAYS Bank logos in Ghana will give way to the Absa insignia in June 2020. The Absa Group is taking the proud 100-year heritage that Barclays has established in Africa to build on it and …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Mthetheleli Makhanda: On 22 September 2017 at about 12:15 at 08 Mathambiso Street, KTC, the complainant was inside her house, when this man known as Mthetheleli Makhanda threaten the complainant with a knife and robbed her …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Calling all emerging SA 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.

Creativate Digital Arts Festival Calls for 2019 Submissions: Artists who are exploring the innovative space where arts and technology converge are invited to submit a proposal to be part of the second edition of the Creativate Digital Arts Festival in Makhanda …
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.

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