Makana suspends official over “irregular” water pump payment

This comes as Makhanda battles crippling water crisis

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News | 29 June 2023

25-year-old informal settlement still lacks basic services

GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn’t, says resident Thozama Nyathela. “We were only being fed empty promises.”

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Brief | 29 June 2023

Kariega clinics closed after staff robbed at gunpoint

Eastern Cape health department says five incidents at different clinics have left staff and patients traumatised

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Brief | 27 June 2023

Coal truck torched in Gqeberha electricity protest

Protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks

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Brief | 23 June 2023

Gqeberha shack dwellers protest after electricity disconnected by RDP home owners

Residents of Baloyi informal settlement say two transformers installed in March have never been connected

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Brief | 22 June 2023

Rural Eastern Cape flood victims left to fend for themselves

The homes of 25 families were destroyed in December 2022. They have received no help to date

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News | 21 June 2023

18 months later, East London flood victims still haven’t been housed

Nonceba Pamla lost her daughter in the floods as well as her home. She is still waiting for the house she says she was promised

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News | 20 June 2023

Foundation honouring Uyinene Mrwetyana kicks off with programme for boys

The foundation’s aim is to foster responsible and compassionate young men through sports as a strategy to combat gender-based violence and femicide.

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Brief | 15 June 2023

Funds shortage leads Eastern Cape education department to investigate Mthatha school principal

Learners have protested over a lack of desks and textbooks

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News | 15 June 2023

R3.05 per child: Eastern Cape school battles to feed learners

“It is not always possible to put the stipulated meal on the learners’ plates” says principal

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News | 6 June 2023

Only four police vans for 57 villages in Tsomo, Eastern Cape

Community marches to police station and magistrate court to demand better policing

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Brief | 2 June 2023

Protesters call for taverns to be shut down in central East London

“We don’t want a repeat of Enyobeni”

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News | 1 June 2023

ANC supporters defend councillor against angry job seekers in Mdantsane

Over 100 people marched to their councillor’s office accusing her of only giving jobs to relatives and fellow ANC members

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Brief | 30 May 2023

School land occupiers demand relocation to serviced sites

East London shack dwellers say they won’t move unless it is somewhere with water, electricity and toilets

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News | 26 May 2023

Shack dwellers protest in support of Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor

Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.

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News | 25 May 2023

Ward councillor’s office torched in Kariega protest

Parts of KwaNobuhle without electricity since Friday

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Brief | 24 May 2023