Fed-up with unresponsive officials, Gqeberha protesters torch trucks

Second day of protests by shack dwellers in Westville

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Brief | 27 August 2025

A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete

Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build

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Brief | 27 August 2025

Gqeberha protesters torch bus, stone truck, demanding electricity

Separate protests erupt in Westville and Bayland

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Brief | 27 August 2025

Contractor speaks out on Makana pump supply debacle

Municipality bungled a tender then scapegoated a director in an unfair dismissal

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News | 25 August 2025

Security guards say they were fired for joining unions

Striking guards block offices in Cofimvaba

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News | 22 August 2025

Gqeberha protesters block busy road, demanding better land

Residents of Nomakanjani informal settlement say they were promised they’d be moved

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Brief | 21 August 2025

Kariega residents march for better policing

“Protection fees are demanded from our children by other learners at schools, and they end up dropping out.”

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Brief | 19 August 2025

Water scheme for Eastern Cape villages stalls after R125-million spent

The Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo was meant to be completed in 2022

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Brief | 18 August 2025

No funds to help fire victims, says municipality

Thirteen families, who have been living in a community hall in Butterworth for a month, have been ordered to leave

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Brief | 13 August 2025

Gqeberha truck drivers on strike for higher wages

Most drivers employed by the Kalahari AutoForce in Markman say they get paid about R16,400 but they want R20,060 per month

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Brief | 12 August 2025

Nelson Mandela Bay’s failed multi-billion-rand bus service

Millions spent on refurbishments, but only six buses are running

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News | 7 August 2025

Rail theft case: accused juggles lawyers, creates further five-month delay

A trial over the theft of 42km of railway line in the Eastern Cape has already been six years in the making

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News | 1 August 2025

Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

A R9-million tender was awarded to a contractor last year to renovate Haytor clinic

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News | 1 August 2025

Hundreds of households in Kariega left in the dark

Residents believe they are being targeted unfairly for “load reduction”

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Brief | 30 July 2025

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray

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Feature | 29 July 2025

Students left in the dark as Nelson Mandela Bay cuts power for unpaid bills

This is part of the municipality’s bid to recover R17-billion in unpaid electricity bills across its 60 wards

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Brief | 25 July 2025