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Philippi informal settlement residents say they are the “forgotten” community of Cape Town
The City says it is unable to assist because their shacks are on private land
News | 23 November 2021
Willowvale is where government projects go to die
“If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves” says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape
News | 9 November 2021
Corruption or incompetence? Rural Eastern Cape housing projects delayed for years
And a company that was paid R1.5 billion in tenders left households in Cofimvaba each with a pile of concrete slabs instead of toilets
News | 5 November 2021
These villagers threatened not to vote if their road wasn’t fixed, so the municipality sent a truck. But the truck broke the water pipes the villagers had laid
Protesters tell IntsikaYethu mayor he’s no longer welcome
News | 26 October 2021
An Eastern Cape municipality promised its residents houses over a decade ago. They’re still waiting
If residents accept a proposal by the province they will get houses with pit latrines and water tanks within two years
News | 5 October 2021
Nurses return to Willowvale clinic after two-month absence
This comes after years of erratic attendance and no nurses for the past two months
Brief | 23 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021
Poor policing blamed as vigilantes face justice in Mdantsane
Four members of a local anti-crime forum in court on several charges, including murder
Brief | 3 September 2021
Mdantsane residents come out in support of vigilantism accused
March in support of members of an anti-crime forum charged with murdering a security guard
News | 31 August 2021