Mayor sends machinery to fix gravel road hours after Eastern Cape villagers block N2
Tyhalarha village residents say a previous peaceful protest brought no results
Brief | 4 March 2024
After 25 years, 81-year-old Mthatha widow finally gets an RDP house
“I don’t have much but I’m happy for a decent house,” says Ndenzeni Njwenene
Brief | 4 March 2024
Komani’s unusable R20-million “sport facility”
“What we got was nothing compared to what we were promised,” says resident
News | 1 March 2024
Makhanda students burn paper in protest against NSFAS
Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords
Brief | 26 February 2024
Crowd storms police station after Komani protest leaders arrested
A planned shutdown of the Eastern Cape town was thwarted by police
Brief | 23 February 2024
Justice in limbo for another year as massive rail theft case stalls
A High Court review in the criminal case involving a former PRASA acting CEO accused of stealing 42km of railway line in the Eastern Cape, has yet to be set down for hearing a year after it was filed
News | 23 February 2024
Ayanda Kota, who dedicated his life to fighting for the underdog, has died
Chair of the Unemployed People’s Movement was Makhanda’s most prominent activist
By Loyiso Dyongman and GroundUp Staff
Obituary | 23 February 2024
Makhanda taps dry for days after water treatment works failure
An emergency shutdown left most of the city without any water for a few days this week
News | 22 February 2024
R18-million spent but Butterworth public pool has never opened
The swimming pool took ten years to build and was completed four years ago
Brief | 21 February 2024