South Africa|Eastern Cape|East London

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Illegal electricity connections are our only option, say shack-dwellers

“We know how dangerous these cables are”

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News | 12 June 2018

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No help for East London orphanage

For 27 years, Duncan Village woman has been offering a home to orphans

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News | 11 June 2018

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“We had no thermometer in the whole clinic”

Nurses at East London clinic say they are battling

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News | 23 May 2018

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East London has no budget to clean toilets, says official

Duncan Village communal toilets in terrible state

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News | 15 May 2018

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Women wait for work on the side of the road

“We cannot give up because we have children that depend on us.”

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News | 19 January 2018

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No shelters for homeless people in East London

Fourteen people live in a public toilet

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News | 18 January 2018

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Roadside artist uses tins to show life in informal settlements

I love using my hands, says William Mayere

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Feature | 11 January 2018

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Waiting by the roadside desperate for work

The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%

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News | 1 December 2017

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Beacon Bay community takes protest to mayor

Showdown looms as residents demand timeframes but Xola Pakati refuses to give any.

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News | 17 November 2017

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65-year-old loses shack in flood

Thembinkosi Mvinjelwa has been waiting for a formal house for many years

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Brief | 9 November 2017

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“We will die waiting for our houses”

Elderly shack dwellers in East London have been waiting for formal housing for 25 years

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News | 3 November 2017

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“We want to create intolerance of violence”

Activists march against gender based violence in Buffalo City townships

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Brief | 3 November 2017

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“All I want to know is who killed my son”

Father of young man murdered by vigilantes says police have done nothing

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News | 1 November 2017

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We want to buy electricity, say East London residents

But the electricity transformer in Duncan Village burnt out three years ago

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News | 26 October 2017

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Children with disability battle to find schools

“We have a serious crisis” says disability organisation

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News | 17 October 2017

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Imbizo backfires on Buffalo City Mayor

Xola Pakati failed to respond to people’s grievances

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Brief | 13 October 2017