The Grahamstown Foundation, in partnership with Makana Tourism, Makana Municipality and McIntosh Xaba & Associates (MXA), has secured a Thina Sinako Local Competitiveness Fund (LCF) Implementation Grant to establish and run the Makana Edutourism Project over the next two years.
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The long-awaited matric results have finally been made public. As usual the whole country was focussing on the best performing provinces: Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
The festive season will sure be jolly for the soldiers of the South African Defence Force.
"We are over the moon that this has finally come to an end," said Mgcini Gxamza, a headman and resident of Mill Farm near Port Alfred.
Angry Grahamstown east residents woke up on Sunday morning to yet another dry week of the festive season due to a problem with water pumps.
The editorial team of Grocott’s Mail has named property developer Rob Beer as the Newsmaker of the Year for 2009, after taking into account discussions with various members of the community in recent weeks, extensive debate in the newsroom based on the Your Say page, and results of the online poll.
Makana Municipality will soon be increasing councillors’ salaries by 7%.
Municipal management is concerned about documents that are missing from the municipality’s registry department. Following the allegations that surfaced during a mayoral committee meeting held in August, the committee has resolved to prioritise document management as one of the five areas of focus for internal auditors.
The Makana Tourism Office recently unveiled their newly renovated front of house which has been approved by the Eastern Cape Tourism Board ahead of 2010.
As per tradition Grahamstown was transformed into an arts and culture wonderland during the National Arts Festival, as locals and visitors alike were treated to hundreds of displays and performances by local and international artists.