Disgust at rampant corruption in the Makana Municipality took centre stage at the funeral of one of its brave officials who fought the criminality he saw around him and was likely killed for it, writes ANNA MAJAVU of New Frame. “Who shot you in the back? Who gave the command? At what cost?” These are some of the questions the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) wants to be answered after the brutal assassination of ANC activist Fundile “Jeff” Budaza, 54, on 25 May. The fatal gunshot came from an unknown person in an unmarked vehicle as Budaza stood in his driveway…
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Starvation and not just hunger and malnutrition has become a feature of life for many impoverished kids. They need solutions for the long term that go beyond charity. New Frame’s ANNA MAJAVU reports. A new campaign against child starvation will hold public hearings on children affected by malnutrition and take the government to the Constitutional Court for violating children’s rights to food and life. The Children’s Resource Centre (CRC), a Cape Town-based social movement for children, has invited all “organisations of the people to form a broad-based social movement to launch a long-term programme of action to save South Africa’s…
The governing party has been criticised for abandoning the impoverished in favour of naked greed and avarice judging by their presidential candidates ahead of the elective conference, writes New Frame’s ANNA MAJAVU. Leaders of various grassroots movements have warned that a looming human catastrophe will surpass the violence, bloodshed, and destruction seen in the July riots last year. And, they say, the race for the ANC presidency will further divide an organisation seemingly run along factional lines, which bodes ill for good governance and finding solutions to the myriad crises in South Africa, including a weak economy, high unemployment and…
The residents of Alicedale live over 50km by road from Makhanda and have to travel far for necessities such as medicine and clothes. The Makana Citizens Front (MCF) has vowed to change that if its candidate wins the local government election. New Frame’s ANNA MAJAVU reports. A smooth tar road runs north for 122km from the airport in Gqeberha to the tiny town of Alicedale, where it stops just a few kilometres after luxury game reserves such as Shamwari and Olifantskop Lodge. The road leading out of Alicedale towards Makhanda could not be more different. It is a deeply rutted gravel…
The ruling party has ignored protests and court orders, leaving the Makana in a state of collapse. The Makana Citizens Front (MCF) is offering an alternative to party politics, writes Anna Majavu of New Frame. The Makana Citizens Front (MCF) believes it is racing against time to save the city from total collapse after the municipality ignored yet another high court order to eradicate seven informal dumping sites by 29 September. The municipality managed to clear away only two. Makhanda’s townships have no regular garbage removal services. Residents are forced to pile up waste in open areas while businesses dump their…
The Makana Citizens’ Front aims to unite local communities, listen to their grievances and make the dysfunctional municipality in Makhanda accountable to residents. New Frame’s ANNA MAJAVU reports. A diverse group of activists tired of living with spilt sewage and without clean drinking water say the “toxic politics of the ANC” have divided them for too long. It is time to unite across races and transform the Makana Local Municipality. The Makana Citizens’ Front (MCF) plans to contest the local government elections in the Eastern Cape town of Makhanda. It recently launched its campaign plan and released a list of…