Articles for Joseph Chirume
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
“There are toilets but we cannot use them”
Mobile toilets lie on the ground for weeks in PE informal settlement
Brief | 15 July 2020
Truck drivers protest against employment of immigrants
Civic organisations warn of risks of xenophobia
News | 7 July 2020
New Brighton residents launch community patrols as crime runs riot
“Our children no longer care to see a dead body”
News | 6 July 2020
Hundreds of new homes demolished in Port Elizabeth
Municipality demolishes shacks as they are being built
News | 1 July 2020
Vandalism during lockdown drains Motherwell school’s budget
Parents have started patrolling the grounds to scare off vandals
Brief | 29 June 2020
“Commuters have to urinate in the open,” says PE taxi driver
Taxi rank public toilets badly vandalised last year have remained closed
Brief | 24 June 2020
Motherwell school shut down by parents worried about safety
Eastern Cape Department of Education says 94% of schools had received personal protective equipment
Brief | 12 June 2020
Young carpenter turns dumped wood into curios
Ulundi Mpulu, 21, founded House of Pallets, a curio shop and African kitchen
Brief | 11 June 2020