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The 2026 National Arts Festival turned Makhanda into a creative meeting point, but its brilliance sat beside water, power, infrastructure and arts-economy pressures.

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The 2026 National Arts Festival turned Makhanda into a creative meeting point, but its brilliance sat beside water, power, infrastructure and arts-economy pressures.

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2026-07-05Makhanda’s Split Screen: National Arts Festival Energy Meets Arts-Economy Realitystory

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Makhanda’s Split Screen: National Arts Festival Energy Meets Arts-Economy Reality

The 2026 National Arts Festival turned Makhanda into a creative meeting point again, but its brilliance sat beside a harder truth: the arts economy needs functioning towns, reliable services and a funding model that does not depend on artist sacrifice.

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