Makhanda
National Arts Festival kicks off virtually today
But for the first time in the events history, it’s being hosted online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Some schools in parts of the town are affected by the ongoing drought which are causing sanitation problems.
The town has effectively run out of water, with NGOs like the Gift of the Givers stepping in to help residents access the life-giving liquid.
Tensions have been running high after black pupils took to social media, alleging that their white classmates mates were referring to them as 'snoobab'.
The suspect handed himself over to police shortly after Ayanda Nondlwana’s was stabbed to death on Sunday.
Eyewitness News has investigated how government won’t be able to provide water for the country by 2030 if nothing is done to fix the crisis.
How South Africa will not have enough water for its citizens by 2030.
According to the Keep Grahamstown Grahamstown campaign, the renaming was also based on incorrect historical information.
During the show, 'Carnival Sideshow and Other Magical Things' on Sunday afternoon, performer Li Lau was injured by a crossbow during an illusion performed by Brendon Peel.
EWN's Winnie Theletsane shares her views on the role ancestors play after watching the play 'Going Back to the Truth of Space' at the NAF in Makhanda.
'Kafka's Ape' star Tony Miyambo explains the challenges of a black man playing an ape in post-apartheid South Africa.
Winnie Theletsane headed to the National Arts Festival in Makhanda to watch 'What If Jesus Was A Tsotsi' and discovers that the complexities of living in a multilingual country can bring you close to tears.
Residents living on the East of Makhanda have been without water since last week and were calling on government to urgently address the matter.
For months the NGO helped the town’s municipality with drought-relief efforts.
Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman said costs incurred by the organisation include providing bottled water worth R5 million to residents, drilling 15 boreholes and bringing in a specialist geologist.
The NGO helped the municipality in the Eastern Cape for the past three months amid a drought but after learning that funding would go to private companies for work done by Gift of the Givers, the organisation pulled out.
“Our hearts are with the people of Makhanda, the elderly, the women and children and everyone who waited so patiently for water but as a matter of principle we cannot continue.” – Imitiaaz Sooliman
Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, faces a major water crisis. Gift of the Givers had stepped in to help the municipality.
Gift of the Givers distributed 120,000 litres of water for free after the event, as its almost two-month long R22-million intervention draws to a close.