Brief

Still no maintenance on PRASA trains

Rail agency extends maintenance tender - again

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Brief | 15 February 2021

Schools shut down in protest over lack of water

Protesters prevent learners from attending classes until tap water is restored

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Brief | 15 February 2021

Covid-19 grant is not enough, say activists

The extension of the R350 grant has been welcomed but it is insufficient, say civic organisations

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Brief | 15 February 2021

Protest over stalled road project in Pietermaritzburg

“You can’t tell me that fixing one kilometre can take years”

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Brief | 11 February 2021

Mayor tells strikers there will be “consequences”

Municipal workers’ strike shuts down customer services and the traffic department in Nelson Mandela Bay

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Brief | 10 February 2021

Burst pipe leaves thousands without water in PE

“We have not seen a water tanker assisting us”

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Brief | 10 February 2021

Port Elizabeth shack dwellers block roads, demanding electricity

Residents had expected municipality to meet with them after violent protests two weeks ago

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Brief | 9 February 2021

Without money to rebuild their shacks, Khayelitsha fire victims are living in churches

“Sometimes they have gas but no food. Other times they have food but no gas.”

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Brief | 9 February 2021

Mother of five children killed by illegal electricity connection

Siyahlala informal settlement in Dunoon has never been electrified as it is on Transnet land

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Brief | 8 February 2021