Land occupiers tear down ā€˜unoccupied’ shacks in overcrowded township

Community leader says the group will have to answer for their actions at an upcoming mass meeting

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News | 19 October 2020

Police rescue man from vigilante justice in Uitenhage

Bobani Village residents destroyed a suspect thief’s shack and banished him from the informal settlement

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Brief | 1 October 2020

Learners are only attending this Uitenhage school once a week

Physical distancing impossible in current building, and department says construction on a new school can only be completed next year

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Brief | 30 September 2020

Community blocks project to house elderly

They are demanding that the municipality first build them toilets

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Brief | 22 September 2020

Uitenhage councillor excludes ward committee members for squabbling over projects

Committee members accuse the councillor of withholding money

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Brief | 18 September 2020

Unemployed Uitenhage men are making food gardening ā€œfashionableā€ again

Food garden developed during the Covid-19 lockdown is showing results

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Brief | 28 August 2020

Can you guess the order these photos were taken?

An expensive troubled bridge over water

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News | 26 August 2020

Dire conditions in Eastern Cape clinics made worse by pandemic

ā€œIn the fight against Covid-19, we have neglected primary health careā€ says Human Rights Commission official

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News | 24 August 2020

Residents suspect corruption over R1.6m Eastern Cape bridge contract

ā€œMy RDP house is worth more than this bridgeā€

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News | 18 August 2020

Violent housing protests erupt because of government’s broken promises

Demolished RDP houses were supposed to be rebuilt immediately. Seven months later there’s no progress

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News | 13 August 2020

Hundreds queue outside post office for Covid-19 grants

Dozens more people plan to spend Wednesday night outside the KwaNobuhle mall to be first in line tomorrow

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News | 12 August 2020

Cows graze among the dirty nappies on Uitenhage dumpsite

Residents say the only waste disposal site in ward 50 is bursting at the seams

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Brief | 7 August 2020

Protest over toilets turns violent in Uitenhage

Project to build toilets for Bobani Village was halted by internal politics

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Brief | 28 July 2020

Plans to build hundreds of toilets stopped by Uitenhage politics

Voting district committee at loggerheads with ward committee

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Brief | 27 July 2020

Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists

As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations

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News | 23 July 2020

Overcrowded Bobani Village will soon get toilets

Some residents fear 846 communal toilets won’t be enough for over 3,000 shacks

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Brief | 13 July 2020