“How are we going to survive without water?” asks protesting Rhodes University student
About 300 students joined Makhanda residents and civic movements in a march to City Hall to demand an end to the water crisis
News | 8 May 2023
Eastern Cape principal accused of beating learners with a hose pipe
The principal is one of six teachers in the Eastern Cape currently under investigation by the department for use of corporal punishment
News | 4 May 2023
For years, subsidies have been withheld from poorest Eastern Cape schools
Schools now set to receive missing R872.5-million
By Rod Amner
News | 2 May 2023
Makhanda literacy project shows dramatic results
Whistle Stop School pulls learners out of class for short periods to teach them to read
News | 28 April 2023
Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school
Kariega school is short of teachers, say protesters
Brief | 25 April 2023
300 toilets were built on this site seven years ago. Now at last the promised houses may be built around them
Families are still living in shacks next to their broken toilets
Brief | 25 April 2023
Graaff-Reinet college closed by student protest
Students complain of delay in payment of NSFAS allowance
Brief | 24 April 2023
Gift of the Givers bring much-needed water to Makhanda homes
The taps have been dry in many high-lying areas for days, say residents, even though there’s water in the dams
News | 20 April 2023
School buses are back after learner picket
Humansdorp learners missed school for two weeks because of lack of transport
News | 20 April 2023