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At the africa Day lecture held at Rhodes University Thabo Mbeki said a lot still needs to be done in improving education and that the lack of efforts to fight poverty and under-development remains one of the continent’s major challenges. Women living on the Kwandwe Private Game Reserve have found a creative way to turn rags into riches through the uNnopopana craft centre.

Recently, water cuts have brought the army base, as well as the industrial areas of Grahamstown to a standstill. But what would happen if there was no water supply for over a year? One school in Fingo village has continued to stay open under such conditions. Jerremy Chingono reports….

The Department of Social Development has just released statics which show that more than 16 000 children have been abandoned and forced onto the streets in the Eastern Cape this year. For these children this means a life without shelter, education, emotional care and a perpetuating cycle of crime and violence. Local police reports also show that street kids are responsible for a large proportion of crime in the Grahamstown area. Amasango Career School is seen to provide a proactive solution in the community for this ongoing problem. Mahreen Chenia and Pual Harris reports

Children in the Eastern Cape are being forced to study on empty stomachs. But a new World Food Day Competition is hoping to provide the skills these schools need to produce their own food. Tamzyn Degoumois and Roza Carvalho dug in to see how this project is fertilising the soil of community nutrition at a local school.

Makana Municipality is in the process of restricting entry to the Grahamstown landfill site. Anyone who is not employed by the Masihlule recycling project will be seen as a trespasser. This leaves the other people who survive off the site, cut off.