Makana says it is preparing information and documentation required by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), for a probe into the procurement and payment processes related to the awarding of certain tenders and contracts. The municipality…
Makana’s senior management and other stakeholders are stepping into the breach as some Makhanda residents face a second week without water. An unofficial go-slow is the reason some parts of town have had dry taps since last week. The…
A sewage spill in Extension 9 has been unresolved for months Residents have been complaining about overflowing sewage in Mthathi Street in Extension 9, Makhanda, since March. The sewage flows down to Transit Camp, an informal settlement…
Desperate parents have turned to the high court over the Makana municipality’s negligent waste management practices and empty promises. Residents of Extension 6 in Makhanda’s Joza Township have filed an application in the high court in…
A car crashed into a gaping hole left wide open by municipal workers in the middle of a major tar road in Makhanda on Thursday. Miraculously, the driver was uninjured. Her car plunged into a metre-deep hole, which has a municipal water…
Municipality must be placed under administration The Grahamstown High Court has dismissed an application for leave to appeal by Makana Municipality and the provincial government against the court’s earlier decision to place Makana under…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape expressed shock at the Makana Municipal Council decision to appeal the Grahamstown High Court judgment ordering it to be dissolved and an administrator appointed until a new council is…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape welcomed the judgment in the Makhanda High Court ordering the Makana municipal council to be dissolved and a new administrator appointed until a new council is elected. “The DA has on…
The severity of the ongoing drought conditions mean that the dam levels on the western side of Makana – Settlers, Jameson, Milner and Howiesons Poort Dams – have dropped below abstraction point, Makana Municipality said in a statement…
The inability of Makana Municipality to gain control of a dangerous landfill site on the outskirts of Makhanda (Grahamstown) has now become a criminal matter, the DA said. On Friday July 26, DA MP Kevin Mileham was joined by the DA’s…
Makana Municipality has reached the point where it can no longer extract water from either Howieson’s Poort (HP) (11.2% full) or Settler’s dam (6.3% full) which supply the western side of Makhanda (Grahamstown). Makana released a…
This coming weekend Makana Municipality will be hosting The National Arts Festival, and mayor Mzukisi Mpahlwa has assured residents and visitors of the municipality’s readiness. The National Arts Festival is the largest arts festival on…
Following the fallout of a public spat between the Gift of the Givers (GoG), Makana Municipality and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) over work the GoG had done to alleviate Makhanda’s (Grahamstown) water crisis since…
A stakeholder engagement meeting convened by the Eastern Cape government on the water intervention in Makana Local Municipality has agreed that a consolidated report be produced by Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Gift of…
Makana Municipality released a statement today following the recent public announcement by Gift of the Givers regarding their interventions in Makhanda (Grahamstown) and surrounding areas and their intention to withdraw from the city. “We…
