Articles for Joseph Chirume
Toilets near Jeffreys Bay beachfront littered with faeces and rubble
“The state of these ablutions will give a bad image to our town”
Brief | 9 September 2020
Day Zero in water stricken Mandela Bay
“We are in big trouble” says resident as dam levels for the metro fall below 19%
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 7 September 2020
1,500 homes were promised. Four years later not a single one has been built
Jeffreys Bay housing project moves at a snail’s pace but government promises construction will begin in October
News | 28 August 2020
Taxi violence in Jeffreys Bay leaves commuters stranded all week
Driver with unlicensed firearm arrested
News | 21 August 2020
R300,000 lotto grant for school comes to naught because of criminals
“They only left stumps of goalposts,” says primary school principal
Brief | 5 August 2020
“Improve conditions at all health facilities” demands TAC
Protesters give Eastern Cape health department seven days to respond to demand to produce Covid-19 plan
News | 30 July 2020
Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19
“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader
News | 23 July 2020
Cooking up a storm: restaurant staff protest across South Africa
Curfew and alcohol ban cited as major factors as the industry sheds thousands of jobs
By Zoë Postman, Nokulunga Majola, Ashraf Hendricks, Joseph Chirume and Lucas Nowicki
News | 22 July 2020
Homeowners and shack dwellers clash over illegal electricity connections
“As long as the municipality does not provide us with electricity, the illegal connections will continue”
Brief | 22 July 2020