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Makhanda News: Rhodes a centre of inspiration in a community riddled with alcohol abuse

13 April 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Rhodes a centre of inspiration in a community riddled with alcohol abuse: GRAHAMSTOWN – The town of Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, is synonymous with music, arts and performances, with the National Arts Festival – marketed as Africa’s largest and most colourful cultural …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

WATCH: SAFM pre-election debate in Eastern Cape: The pre-election debate in the Eastern Cape will look at the state of education. The debate will also touch on gangs, crime, drugs, the Makhanda water crisis and the Xolobeni mining standoff. …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

How Makhanda’s GADRA school gives matrics a second chance: JOHANNESBURG — The GADRA Matric School in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) has quickly become the biggest feeder school for Rhodes University. The school only focuses on learners who have previously …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Water crisis in Makhanda a microcosm of SA’s looming health catastrophe – expert: Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), in the Eastern Cape’s Makana municipality, is in the grips of the worst water crisis in its history. Erratic water supply, failing sewage infrastructure, the toxicity …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

SA Political Analyst – “A Vote For Cyril Is A Vote For Thieves”: It is Qedani Mahlangu. It is the Guptas and Bosasa and load-shedding and a crumbling infrastructure. It is the city of Makhanda, where they have changed the name but cannot provide clean water to the …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Fixing South Africa’s public schools: lessons from a small-town university: The Conversation Africa’s Natasha Joseph spoke to Professor Di Wilmot about an initiative in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) to improve the outputs of the small town’s public schools. There is starkly …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Fixing South Africa’s public schools: lessons from a small-town university: The Conversation Africa’s Natasha Joseph spoke to Professor Di Wilmot about an initiative in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) to improve the outputs of the small town’s public schools. What’s the …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda School Battles Sanitation Problems Due To Water Cuts: FILE: Makhanda residents queue as humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers delivers water. Picture: facebook.com. CAPE TOWN – A Makhanda school is urging the government to deal with the Eastern Cape …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

DA’s Trollip wins defamation claim over farmworker treatment: The judgment was handed down in the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda on Tuesday. Trollip had claimed R6m in damages as a result of the publication on social media, and later in print media, of …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

Makhanda residents beg for intervention: MAKHANDA – Residents in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape are calling on the government to intervene in the water crisis there. The situation remains dire, with the recent good rains not doing anything to …
Source: “Makhanda” – BingNews.

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