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Makhanda News: Plea for visitors: Borehole and rain bring reprieve for Grahamstown Arts Festival

10 March 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Plea for visitors: Borehole and rain bring reprieve for Grahamstown Arts Festival: “The festival will have water. We’ve got this.” That is what National Arts Festival CEO Tony Lankester wrote in a letter amid worries about water shortages in Makhanda (Grahamstown) ahead of the festi…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

SA’s National Science Festival underway in Makhanda: Academic activities remain suspended at TUT Danana’s resignation from SABC was ’caused by failure to remove Motsoeneng’ EFF a threat to democracy: Brown Five of SA’s wealthiest cracks Forbes richest l…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Engen partners with Gift of The Givers to assist drought-stricken Makhanda community: / MEDIA STATEMENT / This content is not written by Creamer Media, but is a supplied media statement. When the Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape, which includes drought-stricken …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

South Africa: The National Arts Festival Is On, Despite the Drought: As you are likely to have heard, our city, Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), is experiencing the effects of a severe drought — the worst we’ve seen in 220 years. Still, we are prepared and look forwar…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Over 360,000 Litres Of Water From CT Donated To Drought-Striken Makhanda: CAPE TOWN – Thousands of litres of water has left Cape Town destined for drought-stricken Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown. The Eastern Cape town has been battling a water shortage for months H…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Lack of water won’t dampen National Arts Festival: The water woes in Makhanda has been well documented as the city is experiencing the worst drought in over two centuries. In June, the 45th edition of the National Arts Festival is set to be hosted in …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

A letter from the National Arts Festival CEO: Makhanda will have water: As you are likely to have heard, our city, Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is currently experiencing the effects of a severe drought that is the worst we’ve seen in 220 years. The effects have been ex…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Leonard Makhanda NDip B-Tech Banking CAIB (SA): Mr. Leonard Makhanda, NDip B-Tech Banking CAIB (SA) served as General Manager of Greater Africa Properties, a subsidiary of Nafcoc Investments. Mr. Makhanda serves as an Executive Director at Batsomi …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Third borehole yields water in Makhanda: Disaster relief organisation, Gift of Givers says in spite of the mounting challenges in the face of no rain and limited functional water treatment plants, it is optimistic that it will achieve a subs…
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Drought-ridden Makhanda declared a state of disaster: The Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape, which includes drought-stricken Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), has been declared a local state of disaster. The declaration was made in …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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