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Makhanda News: More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare

23 April 2019 By Port Elizabethan

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.

US records 71 new measles cases in week as outbreak spreads: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had recorded 626 cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease in 22 states as of 19 April. FILE: A 3D graphical …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Gift of the Givers seeks R23m to complete drilling in drought-hit Makhanda: CAPE TOWN – Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers says it needs R23 million to complete a drilling project in the drought-stricken town of Makhanda. Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, is …
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.

Makhanda’s attack on Grahamstown: April 22 marks the bi-centenary of the attack on the British garrison in Grahamstown, led by warrior-prophet, Makhanda, in whose honour the town has now been renamed. The attack was an early phase of …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Wanted UK fugitive not linked to local crime: Naidoo also confirmed that the man was wanted for a car theft case, reported in Umbilo in 2014. The vehicle was recently found in Makhanda (Grahamstown). He recently appeared in the Durban …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Dam levels remain critically low in Makhanda: Makhanda – Dam levels in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, are at a critical level despite the rain. The Howieson’s Poort level is at 29.3% and the Settlers dam at 7.6%. The Makana …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Dam levels in Makhanda remain critically low: Dam levels in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, are at a critical level despite the rain. The Howiesonspoort dam level is at 29.3% and the Settlers dam at 7.6%. The Makana …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda dam levels now critical: The dam levels in Makhanda West are at a critical level, despite the recent rain. The Howiesonspoort dam level is at 29,3% and the Settlers dam at Grahamstown is at a mere 7,6%. The Makana …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

NEWS WRAP: Singapore seizes record haul of pangolin scales + death row “nuisance” elephant Riff Raff gets a reprieve: Three poachers from the notorious Ndlovu gang were each sentenced to an effective 25 years behind bars by the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, on Wednesday. The trio was …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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