Articles for Joseph Chirume
School children recycle waste for food
“This is helping my family very much because my parents do not work,” says seventh-grader
News | 3 April 2018
Losing the war on waste in filthy Port Elizabeth suburb
Councillor says awareness campaign not happening in his ward where the place is strewn with rubbish
Brief | 23 March 2018
PE officials and residents debate land occupations
Municipality encourages people to register on housing database but backyarders say the wait is too long
News | 16 March 2018
Don’t take us away from our customers, traders ask Mayor Athol Trollip
Informal vendors in Port Elizabeth relocated to site without customers, water, electricity or toilets
News | 15 March 2018
Public pools unused while children drown in canal
Residents of Kirkwood want public swimming areas opened
Brief | 12 March 2018
Community rebuilds Motherwell creche after fire
Sinethembe pre-school has opened in a new building after it was razed to the ground
Brief | 8 March 2018
Eastern Cape’s prickly informal economy
Every year cactuses provides a major income boost for unemployed people who forage and sell the fruit
News | 23 February 2018
Addo residents sick of sewage spills
Municipality says system is ageing and blocked
News | 15 February 2018
Afrikaans-speaking parents threaten to close school
Students are failing because there is no teacher to teach their mother tongue
News | 12 February 2018