13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site
Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe
Brief | 28 September 2021
It took a court order, but municipality says it is cleaning up Makhanda at last
Makhanda’s by-laws and waste management system fail constitutional mandate, says judge
News | 15 September 2021
Taps run dry as water crisis deepens in Makhanda
“The recent rains haven’t had the desired impact on our dams” says municipality
News | 7 September 2021
Elderly people in rural Makana struggle to get to vaccine sites
People are paying R60 for transport to Covid vaccination sites in Makhanda, and that’s just for the first jab
News | 18 August 2021
Makana municipality insists these toilets have been fixed and are in use. But there’s a padlock on the gate
Taxi drivers, commuters, and vendors complain
News | 11 August 2021
Makana municipality “has a serious service delivery problem, especially with water”
Residents told there will be more water outages this week
News | 2 August 2021
Soup kitchens in Makhanda struggle to keep up as demand doubles
People running the kitchens say termination of the R350 Covid grant in April is directly linked to the increased demand
News | 16 July 2021
Makhana municipality dodges responsibility for abandoned houses
Empty RDP houses attract crime, say residents
News | 6 July 2021
A roller-coaster year for the arts, says National Arts Festival CEO
Live performances at this year’s festival have been cancelled for the second year
Brief | 30 June 2021