Brief

Raw sewage flowing since October from broken pipe in PE

Residents say they have repeatedly reported the issue, but municipal workers never come

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Brief | 24 March 2020

Judge who chaired PRASA board to face tribunal

“We are satisfied that the allegations against her are very serious” says Chief Justice

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Brief | 23 March 2020

Residents vow to fight for services at funeral for boy killed by illegal electricity connection

Angry mourners defy government’s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people

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Brief | 23 March 2020

Covid-19: Makhanda residents and Red Cross concerned over water scarcity

Makana municipality says it does not have enough water to stop cuts

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Brief | 19 March 2020

Eviction hearings to continue during Covid-19 epidemic

It will be business as usual at most courts

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Brief | 17 March 2020

Love dispute blamed for 66 families displaced by shack fire

“We are suffering for arguments between people we don’t know” says victim

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Brief | 16 March 2020

Staff protest and students boycott Eastcape Midlands TVET College

Unions and student organisations want lifestyle audit of college management

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Brief | 16 March 2020

“I am living in a toilet,” says eThekwini resident

Residents want the municipality to fix a sewage leak which they say has been overflowing since early January

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Brief | 16 March 2020

Central Methodist Church seeks advice over removal of refugees

“The refugee leadership gave me the assurance that they will vacate the church. They did not honour these commitments”

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Brief | 13 March 2020

Hospital general staff down tools

Uitenhage Provincial Hospital management to meet with union on Monday

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Brief | 13 March 2020

Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps

“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi

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Brief | 13 March 2020

“People are dying and getting injured everyday on this road,” says Cornubia resident

EThekwini Municipality says it is considering erecting a temporary steel pedestrian bridge on the R102

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Brief | 12 March 2020

Former PE municipal workers demand jobs

Unions want immediate implementation of 2018 resolution to make workers permanent

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Brief | 11 March 2020

Parents lock principal out of school

Willowfontein Intermediate school is in a dire state and issues are not being addressed, say community members

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Brief | 11 March 2020

Human Settlements make about turn on “poorly built” RDP foundations

116 cement slabs are to be rebuilt at Despatch housing project

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Brief | 10 March 2020