Tensions between communities reach “boiling point” over electricity in Port Elizabeth
Mayor Bobani promises electrification of informal settlements and removal of all illegal connections
Brief | 22 August 2019
“Our area is over 120 years old but still we have no electricity, houses, and roads”
PE residents barricade roads because of housing delivery failures
Brief | 21 August 2019
Endlovini residents demand to know why electrification of their shacks stopped
About 50 people demonstrated outside Port Elizabeth city hall demanding electricity, toilets and water
Brief | 20 August 2019
Prayer meeting held for shot teenager
Sinazo Kleinbooi, 14, was shot and killed on her way home from school
Brief | 15 August 2019
Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?
Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee
Brief | 8 August 2019
Spike in vigilante killings in Port Elizabeth
Police say communities resist investigations
Brief | 7 August 2019
Asylum seekers have to wait a year for an appointment in Port Elizabeth
Appointment note leaves people seeking refugee status vulnerable to arrest
Brief | 7 August 2019
Students lay charges of fraud against NSFAS
They allege that funds deposited by NSFAS are fraudulently withdrawn from their bank accounts
Brief | 25 July 2019
PE residents come out in numbers to demand better policing
“If the police are afraid to go inside our community, then who will protect us?”
News | 18 July 2019