The residents of Grahamstown’s townships continue to be disenfranchised by the ongoing water crisis. In Tuesday’s edition of Grocott’s Mail we ran a story about a house in Joza that went up in flames. With barely 20 litres of drinking water on hand, the neighbours could do nothing to extinguish the fire as there was no tap water available.
Author: Busisiwe Hoho
The Makana Goat Farmers Co-op has failed to adhere to conditions of funding determined by its contractor, Thina Sinako. Along with this fallback, tensions have been mounting within the project management, which is further delaying the progress of the project.
The Makana Edutourism project (MEP) promises remarkable and lifeenhancing experiences says MEP Director Margaret Wolff who presented an update of the project at the most recent Economic Development, Tourism and Heritage Portfolio Committee (EDTH) meeting.
Makana councillors who attended a special council meeting recently approved the Development Bank of Southern Africa as the service provider for an unsecured loan of R50-million proposed for water, sewage and roads in the municipality.
What do you get when you place 15 journalists in a room? Chaos and loads of questions? Especially so when these journalists are young, endearing and ready to take on whatever challenge this ever-changing industry may throw at them.
Farm schools in Grahamstown are often overlooked by the government and keep going with the minimum of resources. Marred by poverty and inequality, these schools are the Cinderellas of the education system. Their size, remoteness and a severe shortage of teaching staff marks them as some of the country’s neediest schools.
The Eastern Cape will receive its first group of American Peace Corps volunteers this month. With the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in early August between the US Peace Corps South Africa and the Eastern Cape Department of Education, the first Emergency Response Peace Corps volunteers will be stationed in the province.
Hearing is a critical part of a child’s development. Even mild hearing loss can affect a child’s ability to speak and understand language. However, hearing problems can be treated very effectively if they’re caught early – ideally before a baby is three to six months old.
He was 20 years old when he started calling himself a poet. But only 12 years later, Robert Berold published his first writing. Why was that? “It was safer to walk around with the potential of being a poet than to put the whole thing to the test,” says Berold, who is the coursework co-ordinator for a new MA in Creative Writing at Rhodes University.
After several attempts, local dairy farmer Peter Wylie finally succeeded in persuading Makana Municipality to meet him on his farm to discuss his concerns about local farming. Three municipal representatives Likhaya Gandi, the special programmes officer for Makana Municipality, Ward 4 councillor, Melikhaya Pongolo and Luyanda Makata of the Makana Youth Council were escorted by Wylie around the farm.