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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Xenophobia in South Africa has a history. It does not spring spontaneously from poverty but targets it and captures it. In Grahamstown, this history is as old as the town itself. By PADDY O’ HALLORAN.

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 ...

Arriving in Makhanda from Joburg by car warrants a sigh of relief. This is not because you have left the smog and the bustle of the city behind, but because navigating the potholed and waterlogged ...

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 ...