Despatch housing project halted by “political tensions”
A group of residents have occupied a housing project site in a protest against their ward councillor
News | 30 August 2019
Police fire rubber bullets, teargas to disperse protesting students
Eastcape Midlands College suspends classes at Uitenhage campus
Brief | 29 August 2019
115 households in Despatch left in the cold while municipality and Housing Development Agency shift blame
“Every morning I wake up and sit on that cement foundation just to get the sun”
News | 29 August 2019
Hundreds protest in Booysens Park to be moved to “safer areas”
Resident of Vastrap informal settlement have previously expressed their unhappiness with high crime rates in the area
Brief | 28 August 2019
Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes
“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager
News | 28 August 2019
“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”
Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability
News | 27 August 2019
Endlovini residents burn rubble at councillor’s office
Protesters demand toilets and electricity
Brief | 26 August 2019
Small business owners shut down civil engineering project in Uitenhage
The group is demanding 30% of the value of an erosion control contract
Brief | 23 August 2019
Small-scale farmers demand access to land
“Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us”
News | 23 August 2019