South Africa|Eastern Cape|Makhanda

The only post office open in Makhanda has not had electricity for nine months

Staff use their cellphones to light their work

Makhanda students burn paper in protest against NSFAS

Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords

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

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

Amatola Water misses deadline to fix Makhanda’s water woes yet again

Upgrades to water treatment works more than six years behind schedule. New deadline is April 2024.

No clarity on when Makhanda will have a post office again

The post office closed in July

Mandela Park families approved a sample toilet in 2008. 15 years later, they’re still waiting for the rest

Residents of Eastern Cape informal settlement say they’re not going to vote unless they get their promised toilets

Right to Read campaign launches in Makhanda

Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority

Makhanda households fed up with living in a sewage nightmare

Residents of Hooggenoeg and Scotts Farm say the sewer system has been dysfunctional for over a decade

Makhanda without a post office since July

People from the town and surrounding areas are having to travel to Port Alfred

Government must intervene in Intercape bus attacks

Judge “determined not to be misunderstood” in ordering transport minister, Eastern Cape MEC and police to take action

Dysfunctional Makana municipality slammed by COGTA minister

Municipality spent just 58% of its budget says Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister

End to Makhanda’s water woes delayed yet again

Amatola Water says it expects the water interruptions in Makhanda to end by 30 August

Makhanda commuters ‘use the bush’ because taxi rank toilets have been closed for years

Councillor says she has asked the municipality for more public toilets in town

Makana suspends official over “irregular” water pump payment

This comes as Makhanda battles crippling water crisis

Makhanda schools press on despite failed national reading plan