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Source: Makhanda Tourism.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Steve Kretzmann 30 Jul 2025

Law Practice

JSC announces shortlisted candidates for SA courts

29 Jul 2025

National Arts Festival board announces 2 new appointments

Art

National Arts Festival board announces 2 new appointments

3 Jun 2025

National Arts Festival updates 2025 programme, bookings now open

Events

National Arts Festival updates 2025 programme, bookings now open

15 May 2025

Campbell Meas named 2025 National Playwright Competition winner

Theatre

Campbell Meas named 2025 National Playwright Competition winner

23 Apr 2025

Meet the 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners

Art

Meet the 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners

11 Apr 2025

Rhodes University bids farewell to transformative chancellor Justice Lex Mpati

Higher Education

Rhodes University bids farewell to transformative chancellor Justice Lex Mpati

3 Apr 2025

Stuart Taylor debuts new show, Odd Man Out

Theatre

Stuart Taylor debuts new show, Odd Man Out

5 Mar 2025

Tony Lankester, former National Arts Festival CEO, takes top job at the Edinburgh Fringe

Art

Tony Lankester, former National Arts Festival CEO, takes top job at the Edinburgh Fringe

3 Feb 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Alien vegetation and migratory birds: The overlooked environmental impact

Anthony de Villiers 27 Nov 2024

Tourism

Joburg Tourism Company appoints Thembinkosi Sindane as senior manager of tourism development

15 Oct 2024

Applications open for 2025 National Arts Festival Fringe

Events

Applications open for 2025 National Arts Festival Fringe

3 Oct 2024

Activists picket outside the High Court in Gqeberha in 2022 against seismic surveys off the Wild Coast. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Environmental Law

Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

Tania Broughton 28 Aug 2024

Pictured: Analisa Sukula with a recycled paver and the recycled materials behind her. Images by Mark Wessels.

ESG & Sustainability

Enhancing economic participation and uplifting lives

Issued by The Social Employment Fund 6 Aug 2024

National Arts Festival opens call for 2025 Curated Programme

Events

National Arts Festival opens call for 2025 Curated Programme

6 Aug 2024

2024 Standard Bank Ovations Awards winners

Theatre

2024 Standard Bank Ovations Awards winners

3 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

Cebo Ntaka says he and his colleagues have done all they can to keep the Lovedale Press. Source: Sandiso Phaliso.

Publishing

Bid to save legendary Lovedale Press

Sandiso Phaliso 5 Jun 2024

Corporate & Commercial Law

South African appeal court suspends order halting Shell drilling

Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2024

Incredibly well-preserved plant fossils have been found in the Kirkwood area where Sanral is upgrading the R336. Source: Dewald Wilken

Infrastructure & Utilities

Potential world first fossil discovery made at R336 road upgrade

3 May 2024

The National Arts Festival turns 50 and the mood is bold!

Theatre

The National Arts Festival turns 50 and the mood is bold!

3 May 2024

National Arts Festival commemorates 50 years

Art

National Arts Festival commemorates 50 years

19 Apr 2024

Thousands of school children stuck without transport months into school year

Primary & Secondary Education

Thousands of school children stuck without transport months into school year

Lucas Nowicki 18 Apr 2024

Makhanda students burn paper in protest against NSFAS

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Makhanda students burn paper in protest against NSFAS

Loyiso Dyongman 26 Feb 2024

Many Cape Town journalists attended the vigil. Source: GroundUp

Media

South African media community mourns journalists killed in Gaza

GroundUp Staff 29 Jan 2024

All the Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners for 2023

Art

All the Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners for 2023

22 Dec 2023

Isuzu SA donates D-Max bakkies to Gift of the Givers

Dealers

Isuzu SA donates D-Max bakkies to Gift of the Givers

29 Nov 2023

Right to Read campaign launches in Makhanda

Primary & Secondary Education

Right to Read campaign launches in Makhanda

Lucas Nowicki 20 Oct 2023

Source: Kiara Affat, Daily Maverick On Tuesday, 19 September, security personnel at Standard Bank, manhandled Daily Maverick reporter Lerato Mutsila

Media Freedom

Standard Bank security, Sanef Sikuvile Journalism Awards sponsors, manhandle Daily Maverick reporter

22 Sep 2023

Apply now for 50th National Arts Festival's Curated Programme

Art

Apply now for 50th National Arts Festival's Curated Programme

15 Aug 2023

Afda win 2 awards at the Durban International Film Festival 2023

Higher Education

Afda win 2 awards at the Durban International Film Festival 2023

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 8 Aug 2023

Urgently needed Makhanda water project six years behind schedule

Infrastructure & Utilities

Urgently needed Makhanda water project six years behind schedule

Loyiso Dyongman 2 Mar 2023

Image by Mark Wessels: Dance production Savour was on the 2022 National Arts Festival Fringe

Theatre

National Arts Festival opens registration for 2023 Fringe

2 Nov 2022

Media

Anti-apartheid activist and journalist Thenjiwe Mtintso to be honoured by Rhodes University

10 Oct 2022

Image by Mark Wessels: The ZipZap Circus perform in Moya at the 2022 National Arts Festival

Events

National Arts Festival calls for 2023 proposals

10 Oct 2022

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has been told he must protect Intercape buses. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Law Practice

Mbalula must protect Intercape buses, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Oct 2022

Fresh line-up at Algoa FM

Radio & Audio

Fresh line-up at Algoa FM

Issued by Algoa FM 12 Sep 2022

Image supplied: Dalin Oliver is presenting his comedy show in Johannesburg next month

Events

Dalin Oliver presents Stay At Home Comedian

23 Aug 2022

Image by Mark Wessels: The 2022 Gold, Silver and Bronze Standard Bank Ovation Award winners

Theatre

Winners of Standard Bank Ovations Awards announced

4 Jul 2022

Image by Mark Wessels: Performers at the Official Opening of the 2022 National Arts Festival

Events

Covid restrictions scrapped as National Arts Festival opens

24 Jun 2022

Image supplied: Fragments will run at the National Arts Festival

Events

Celebrating Fringe at the National Arts Festival

22 Jun 2022

Image supplied: Benjamin Jephta will play with his band including fellow Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz, Sisonke Xonti (2020)

Events

Celebrate music at the National Jazz Festival Makhanda

1 Jun 2022

The Amasango Career School operates out of six prefab classrooms near a railway line. Archive photo: Loyiso Dyongman / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Court summons Education MEC over special needs school

Loyiso Dyongman 10 May 2022

Image supplied: A scene from Daniel Buckland's Urban Cricus

Events

What to expect at the 48th National Arts Festival

5 Apr 2022

Image supplied: The winners of the 57th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards

Theatre

All the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards winners!

28 Mar 2022

Image supplied: A scene from The Lady Aoi

Theatre

Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards takes place as live event

7 Mar 2022

Artists urged to apply to the National Arts Festival's Fringe programme

Theatre

Artists urged to apply to the National Arts Festival's Fringe programme

9 Feb 2022

New court case launched to stop Shell's seismic survey on Wild Coast

Environment & Natural Resources

New court case launched to stop Shell's seismic survey on Wild Coast

Tania Broughton 7 Dec 2021

"Go to hell Shell" - protesters

Environment & Natural Resources

"Go to hell Shell" - protesters

Liezl Human 6 Dec 2021