Following a successful appeal, the festival has finally got R10-million
Brief | 27 June 2024
The decision not to fund the country’s longest running arts festival was communicated a month before its start date
News | 13 June 2024
There has been only partial compliance by the municipality, while numerous dumpsites continue to plague residents
Brief | 23 May 2024
Completion of work at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works has been extended for the third time in six months
News | 13 May 2024
Amasango Career School’s permanent premises to be completed by 2027
Brief | 29 April 2024
Staff use their cellphones to light their work
News | 16 April 2024
Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords
Brief | 26 February 2024
Chair of the Unemployed People’s Movement was Makhanda’s most prominent activist
By Loyiso Dyongman and GroundUp Staff
Obituary | 23 February 2024
An emergency shutdown left most of the city without any water for a few days this week
News | 22 February 2024
Upgrades to water treatment works more than six years behind schedule. New deadline is April 2024.
News | 24 January 2024
The post office closed in July
Brief | 2 November 2023
Residents of Eastern Cape informal settlement say they’re not going to vote unless they get their promised toilets
News | 1 November 2023
Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority
Brief | 20 October 2023
Residents of Hooggenoeg and Scotts Farm say the sewer system has been dysfunctional for over a decade
News | 18 September 2023
People from the town and surrounding areas are having to travel to Port Alfred
News | 8 September 2023
Judge “determined not to be misunderstood” in ordering transport minister, Eastern Cape MEC and police to take action
Law | 24 August 2023