Unless they get hands-on help to clear a crucial part of the filtering mechanism, technicians at Grahamstown’s main water purification plant fear they may not be able to guarantee a quality water supply to the city past the new year.
Author: Kayla Roux
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ANC Chief Whip in the Makana Council, Julia Wells, was among the VIP guests from all over South Africa who arrived at the Qunu homestead of former South African president Nelson Mandela this morning.
A row of buses stood waiting at the drop-off point at East London airport late on Saturday 14 December and dozens of police officers stood in groups outside and inside the terminal, as visitors trickled in steadily through the gates ahead of former president Nelson Mandela's funeral on Sunday.
Qunu residents are bitter that they’ve been left out of events during the 10 days set aside to mourn former president Nelson Mandela.
Relief may be in sight for residents of Grahamstown’s high-lying areas after engineers got the pump at the Howieson’s Poort water treatment works up and running on Saturday 14 December.
Grocott's Mail editor Steven Lang and senior reporter Avuyile Mngxitama-Diko headed off to Qunu, 30km from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, for former South African President Nelson Mandela's funeral on Sunday 15 November.
South African global jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim once commented that the freedom struggle was a “revolution in four-part harmony”.
“I feel my great-grandfather still fully alive in my blood. Of all of them, he, I believe, lives most vibrantly in my veins.” – Nikos Kazantzakis, REPORT to GRECO
Former President Nelson Mandela will be buried at Qunu in the Eastern Cape on 15 December said President Jacob Zuma at a press conference held at the SABC.
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