Public schools shut down in Makhanda due to bungled payroll
School governing bodies say the education department failed to deliver stationery and did not pay teaching assistants
Brief | 16 February 2022
Makana municipality faces more court action over filth
Legal Resources Centre says municipality has failed to comply with September court order on waste management
Brief | 16 February 2022
Makana municipality defaults on Eskom debt
Struggling City fails to repay R7.5 million instalment
Brief | 31 January 2022
Municipality in breach of court order to clear dumpsites
Informal dumping sites were meant to have been cleaned up weeks ago
Brief | 26 October 2021
Makhanda dumpsite occupiers say they have nowhere else to go, as municipality tries to upgrade it
Company awarded R20m to refurbish the site. But a dispute with a subcontractor threatens the project.
News | 7 October 2021
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