Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished
Brief | 27 March 2024
The swimming pool took ten years to build and was completed four years ago
Brief | 21 February 2024
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s
News | 30 October 2023
Eastern Cape villagers say they have given up asking their councillors for help
News | 20 July 2023
The homes of 25 families were destroyed in December 2022. They have received no help to date
News | 21 June 2023
Municipality takes over drinking water project meant to have been completed last year
News | 23 May 2023
At least 16 people linked to a crime-fighting group face charges of assaulting suspected criminals in Butterworth
Brief | 28 March 2023
If residents accept a proposal by the province they will get houses with pit latrines and water tanks within two years
News | 5 October 2021
Four grades share one classroom at Centane primary school
News | 12 March 2021
Formed in 1986, Yako informal settlement still has no services
News | 26 February 2021
“Officials live in East London … When they take a bath they spend an hour because they have enough water” responds protester
News | 23 October 2020
Three out of four water trucks in Eastern Cape town are in for repairs
News | 29 September 2020
Villagers in the rural Eastern Cape struggling to access health services have tried to create their own infrastructure
News | 9 September 2020
Residents ask Premier to drink borehole water, but he refuses
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 19 February 2020
The Gcuwa and all dams supplying Butterworth and surrounding areas are dry
Brief | 14 November 2019
Hundreds of families without services for 12 years
News | 16 September 2019