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South Africa: Literacy Crisis - Why Makhanda Matters
All Africa 15 Dec 2025
Two interventions show what can and what can't be done ....
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How 20 books make all the difference
Mail Guardian South Africa 06 Dec 2025
In the Masete household in Ghost Town, Makhanda, a young granddaughter, Enzokuhle, holds a baby and a book, confidently reading aloud to her siblings and cousins. It wasn’t always like this ... Campaign takes flight ... Quality time ... Photo. Jessica Feldtman.
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Give children high-quality books from Grades R-12: they will likely read them
Mail Guardian South Africa 29 Nov 2025
Lucky Xaba, the Humanities librarian at Rhodes University, arrives at a no-fee school in Makhanda to check on the colourful classroom library she and her team built a few months before ... in Makhanda.
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How a broken city doubled South Africa’s literacy rate – without the government
Mail Guardian South Africa 15 Nov 2025
Makhanda embodies contradiction ... A year later, Prof Sizwe Mabizela was inaugurated as vice-chancellor of Rhodes University and declared that the institution would not only be in Makhanda but of Makhanda.
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“R5 billion withheld: The EC school funding crisis
Mail Guardian South Africa 15 Nov 2025
“How can you live with yourself?” Madelaine Schoeman, the former principal of Ntsika Secondary School in Makhanda, asks of education officials ... 3830/2023 in the Makhanda High Court.
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Through the jazz lens: Vuyo Giba captures the spirit of South African sound
Mail Guardian South Africa 18 Oct 2025
In the arts, there are various ways to capture a moment in time and space ... “I started learning the musicians ... Atmospheric ... Photo ... One jazz legend Giba has worked with closely, including at the Makhanda National Arts Festival, is the late Feya Faku.
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