Day zero in Butterworth

Not drought but municipalities caused water crisis, say residents

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Brief | 14 August 2019

Drought and strike leave taps dry in Butterworth

Protesting residents block N2 demanding water tankers

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Brief | 12 August 2019

“No one was going to believe me” says rape survivior

Eastern Cape women struggle with prosecution of rapists

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News | 8 August 2019

Dagga business in the open in Eastern Cape

For members of the Rastafarian community it’s an economic opportunity, but some want it shut down

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News | 31 July 2019

Villagers close rotting school in Eastern Cape

“Our school gets annual maintenance budget but it is very useless to maintain rotten material”

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Brief | 22 July 2019

The land is “unsuitable for habitation” says municipality, but thousands live on it

Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago

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News | 19 July 2019

Taps run dry while broken pipe wastes water for a month

“Our government says we must look after water because of drought. But it seems they do not practise what they preach,” says Eastern Cape villager

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Brief | 16 July 2019

Tsomo’s mystery water tankers

Municipality says it provides a water tanker but residents say they’ve never seen one

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News | 1 March 2019

In this Eastern Cape school, learners borrow a broken toilet seat from one of the staff toilets

“This is not a school but a disaster waiting to happen”

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News | 30 November 2018

Health department wants to close informal facility for destitute people

Khululabantu Bam centre in Butterworth described as “not appropriate” for mentally ill

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News | 20 November 2017

Eastern Cape towns struggle with water rationing

Drought takes its toll in Amathole district

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Brief | 16 August 2017

What does it take to get the Eastern Cape Department of Education to fix a school?

Nearly three years later, a school damaged in a storm remains broken

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News | 11 May 2017

Residents in fear as street lights fail

Memories of serial killer haunt Butterworth village

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Brief | 10 May 2017

Families evicted by tribal authority want to go back to their land

Residents of Bhungeni were moved to make way for shopping mall

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News | 12 April 2017

Sewage “spilling continuously” into Butterworth river

Residents and livestock suffer while year-old leak is unfixed

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News | 27 March 2017