Civil society organisations have called for an urgent high-level investigation into the whistle-blowing official’s death. Senior Makana official Jeff Budaza was shot in the driveway of his Extension 4, Joza, home on Wednesday night.
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Makhanda Legends co-founder Sky Albany hands the organisation s letter and petition to SCOPA Chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa in the Makana Council Chamber during the Parliamentary oversight visit on Wednesday 5 May. Photo: Sue Maclennan Civil society, Opposition call for action after SCOPA flays Makana
Civil society organisations and the DA have called for action after Parliament tore to shreds Makana’s senior leadership during an oversight visit last week.
The Makhanda Legends anti-corruption action group used the Standing Committee on Public Accounts’ oversight visit to Makana Municipality on Wednesday 5 May 2021 as an opportunity to ensure their concerns reached the ears and eyes of Parliament. The DA afterwards said SCOPA’s questions and comments had vindicated its call for dissolution and an independent investigation. And the Makana Residents Association call
A cleanup campaign is under way at Makana s Kop. Photos: Tim Bull Makana’s Kop gets a Green facelift
Something special is under way on Makhanda’s iconic Makana’s Kop, thanks to cultural heritage enthusiast Sizwe Mda. Where once rubbish lay strewn across the hillside, now white-painted stones have been used to form the words, ‘Peace & Unity’ and border clusters of aloes and other indigenous plants.
Mda has dubbed this the #HeritageResourcesRegeneration CleanUp Campaign. He explained that the campaign aims to clean up the heritage sites on the east side of Makhanda, with the hope of attracting tourists to those areas.