“Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality” says vice-chancellor
Brief | 4 September 2024
Mary Waters Secondary School learners have been protesting since Monday
Brief | 17 July 2024
The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete
Brief | 10 July 2024
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