Brief
Toilets overflow for a month as City drains clog up
City blames blockages on “misuse of the sewer system”
Brief | 29 July 2020
Covid-19: Hospital staff picket in Pietermaritzburg
Workers demand better protection from infection
Brief | 29 July 2020
Protest over toilets turns violent in Uitenhage
Project to build toilets for Bobani Village was halted by internal politics
Brief | 28 July 2020
24 arrested in protest against Pietermaritzburg ward councillor
“I was chosen by people of ward 29 not by a few individuals” says ANC’s Spha Madlala
Brief | 28 July 2020
Loadshedding “unavoidable” after substation blows, says mayor
Power restored in Pietermaritzburg community after protesters bring area to standstill over five-day blackout
Brief | 27 July 2020
Plans to build hundreds of toilets stopped by Uitenhage politics
Voting district committee at loggerheads with ward committee
Brief | 27 July 2020
“Our toilets have been blocked since 2016” says Khayelitsha resident
Enkanini informal settlement gives the City a week to respond to demands for toilets and water
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 July 2020
PE parents demand shutdown of schools
Department reiterates that only the national cabinet can close schools
Brief | 23 July 2020
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