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…