Five years ago, 26-year-old Rat Western loaded her cat, suitcases and two-year-old son into her car and drove a thousand kilometres from Jo'burg to Grahamstown, where she had found a job at ­Rhodes ...

Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape will soon have a new name. The changing of the name Grahamstown to Makhanda was published in the Government Gazette on Friday, the Department of Arts and Culture said.

Almost three weeks have passed since the start of xenophobic looting in Grahamstown that left 500 “foreign” shop owners and family members—most of them South African citizens—with nothing, and more ...

A murderer who was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday told the Grahamstown High Court he could be nailed ”to the cross so I can die for the sins of others”. Roro Mntwaphi (41) made the remark before ...

In Grahamstown, the student-led shutdown of Rhodes University that began a week ago has ended. Apart from the remnants of barricades, the cardboard placards used during protests last week that welcome ...

A court application to set aside art and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa’s decision to change the name of Grahamstown to Makhanda has failed. Makhanda will remain the official name of the small ...

The rebellion of the poor has been spreading from town to town, from squatter camp to squatter camp, since 2004. Last week it arrived in Grahamstown. There is no third force, political party or ...

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has named new bishops for its congregations in Pretoria and Makhanda (Grahamstown). Right Rev Dr Vicentia Kgabe, Bishop of Lesotho, was elected on Monday as the ...

The arts and culture minister has pushed forward the renaming of Grahamstown to Makhanda, instead of the 'brutal and vicious' John Graham. People around the world will probably soon be calling ...

People around the world will soon be calling Grahamstown by a different name. This was the decision gazetted by the Department of Arts and Culture which proposed the name Makhanda. The department said ...