Articles for Joseph Chirume

A pile of broken furniture

Once proud PE school is crumbling

Overcrowding blamed for plummeting pass rate

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News | 4 May 2016

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Panayiotou murder case brings out rival picketers

Groups of women picket in solidarity with women victims; others support the accused

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News | 3 May 2016

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Some Motherwell residents boycott Freedom Day celebrations

Shack and backyard dwellers choose rather to protest over housing

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News | 28 April 2016

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Motherwell brothers use art to stop illegal dump site

Rubbish dump paintings lead to fame for Port Elizabeth pair

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News | 28 April 2016

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Burned bodies of murder accused found in Motherwell

Grisly find on way to school

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News | 20 April 2016

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Bleak future for Eastern Cape descendants of Karretjie people

They want better services, but municipality says they must move first

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Feature | 14 April 2016

Photo of residents in Endlovini informal settlement in Colchester, near Port Elizabeth

No water, no toilets, no houses, no plan: Endlovini residents are “just desperate”

Officials only pay attention to us at election time, they say

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News | 5 April 2016

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PE residents protest at delays in handing over houses

Construction company blames municipality

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News | 31 March 2016

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Mayor beaten as municipal workers vow to continue strike

Baviaans municipality mayor hit with knobkierie

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News | 22 March 2016

Men run in an athletics race

Sport changed my life, says prisoner

Athletics championship in Port Elizabeth brings together 500 prisoners

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Brief | 2 March 2016

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PE refugee centre remains closed in defiance of court order

Applications from new asylum seekers should have been accepted from 9 February

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News | 19 February 2016

Photo of Christian Martin handing over a letter of complaint to Human Rights Council

PE school shutdown suspended

Parents set deadline for provincial education department

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News | 11 February 2016

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Fill teacher posts, demand Port Elizabeth parents

Parents keep schools closed in protest

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News | 5 February 2016

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Gay activist attacked in Port Elizabeth tavern

Cape Town man says police refused to open docket

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News | 27 January 2016

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Hefty fines for asylum seekers at Port Elizabeth refugee centre

Immigrants complain that officials humiliate them.

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News | 19 January 2016

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Robbers target foreign hawkers in Port Elizabeth

Foreign nationals trading in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, live in fear following a spike in robberies in recent months. The traders say they are being targeted by criminals who rob them of their goods and then sell the loot to locals at a heavily discounted price. Most robberies happen in daylight.

Joseph Chirume

News | 16 November 2015