Residents to take municipality to court over water meters
Witzenberg municipality accused of denying indigent grants to residents who refuse to install water management devices
News | 12 February 2020
Fire victims relocated to waterlogged site
Survivors of a devastating blaze in December say the site they were relocated to is unsuitable and unserviced
News | 12 February 2020
Informal settlements can be better planned
Re-blocking by NGOs is very different from “super-blocking” by local governments, argues Professor Steven Robins
Opinion | 12 February 2020
Peace Village residents target funeral processions to protest about road
The protest tactic has worked before in Uitenhage
Brief | 11 February 2020
Western Cape school strained by swelling numbers
Masibambane High has 407 learners in one grade alone
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 February 2020
Information on mining applications should be public, Xolobeni activists tell court
Mining company opposes application by Amadiba Crisis Committee
By Zoë Postman
News | 11 February 2020
Families in path of new road live in limbo
Since 2017, 33 families in Mushongo Ville have been expecting to be relocated
Brief | 11 February 2020
Parents shut down five North West schools
Police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters and the education circuit manager had to be escorted out of the area
News | 10 February 2020
Schools threaten legal action over “dump”
“The Pietermaritzburg landfill could be an economic opportunity instead of an environmental nightmare”
By Fatima Khan and Matthew Hattingh
News | 10 February 2020