PE residents stop street works to demand jobs
Municipality condemns disruption of service
Brief | 12 July 2019
Security guards demand jobs from PE municipality
“When we go to the toilet, we shit water because our stomachs are empty”
Brief | 12 July 2019
Government’s multi-million rand filling station stands empty for years
Qamata chief vows it will not open until municipality acknowledges local land ownership
News | 11 July 2019
Ward councillor says Komponi occupiers must fend for themselves
About 60 families illegally occupying prefab homes for two years want services
Brief | 5 July 2019
Protesting small business owners stop meter reading tender, demand 30%
Supply chain management office closed by demonstrators ahead of R50 million tender deadline in PE
Brief | 4 July 2019
Only 15 toilets to serve 2,500 shacks in PE
“Half a loaf is better than nothing,” ward councillor says about the number of toilets to be shared by thousands
Brief | 4 July 2019
Rubbish piles up outside expensive dump site
Motherwell residents say the hill is too steep to climb with a wheelie bin
Brief | 3 July 2019
South African fruit hawkers chase away Zimbabwean competitors
“I want to survive like them. They must leave me alone,” says fruit seller in Port Elizabeth
Brief | 1 July 2019
Residents burn rubbish because it doesn’t get collected
“It’s like they forgot about us,” says resident in East London informal settlement
Brief | 1 July 2019