By Selenathi Botha Not having basic needs for part of the time has become a norm for the people of Makhanda. Load shedding and the water crisis have been happening for a while now. At first, load shedding used to come and go, just for a short period of time, but now it takes hours for the electricity to come back. Water sometimes returns only after a few days of being absent. Everyone is affected by this, but the township economy takes a huge loss, Grocott’s Mail has found. One such affected business is Shoba Funeral Services. It has been…
Author: Selenathi Botha
By Selenathi Botha The bad roads of Makhanda have become a difficult matter for the people who suffer them, especially in a place called Hlalani location. When Grocott’s Mail visited the area, we found many people who said they were suffering because of potholes and huge ditches and crevices in the roads. At the recent municipal Integrated Development Planning (IDP) meeting in Hlalani, a resident said that the roads in Hlalani were so bad that ambulances refused to drive on some of them. Resident Akhona Onceya told Grocott’s Mail that people have been complaining for a while now to the…
By Selenathi Botha I am Selenathi Botha. I am 21 years old and live in Makhanda, in a place called Hlalani. I attended C.M. Vellem Primary School and then Khutliso Daniels Secondary School, where I passed my matric and later joined the Assumption Development Centre’s Journalism internship programme at Grocott’s Mail. I am a very outspoken person. I love to read and write. I enjoy outdoor activities. I’m very good at working with other people. I’m a good listener too. What I learned since I joined Grocott’s Mail is that I get to represent voiceless people. I learned to write…