Hospital in dire straits after Eastern Cape Health Department fails to pay contractors
Refurbishment ground to a halt at the hospital when the department ran out of money. Union threatens to down tools
News | 25 February 2020
Not safe to go to the toilet
Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night
News | 24 February 2020
Vandals make drought worse in Graaff-Reinet
Taps ran dry last year for thousands of residents in drought-stricken town
News | 24 February 2020
Violent protests in PE over failure to relocate shack dwellers
“The residents have been flooded with empty promises by human settlements officials” says ward councillor
News | 21 February 2020
Failing pump floods Addo street with sewage
“Our municipality does not care about its residents”
Brief | 20 February 2020
Cofimvaba protesters tell their mayor to start working
“Once they climb the ladder, they forget about us”
Brief | 19 February 2020
Uitenhage students close down college, demanding NSFAS allowances
Principal promises allowances will be paid in three to four days
Brief | 19 February 2020
Mounting pressure on families living at PE school to relocate
Principal says occupation is a threat to the survival of his school
News | 19 February 2020
Angry Butterworth protesters send mayor away
Residents ask Premier to drink borehole water, but he refuses
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 19 February 2020