Toilets unserviced for five years in East London
Residents say 200 people use two working toilets and one communal tap
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 22 October 2018
Home Affairs reopens refugee office it closed in 2011
“The courts had spoken. We had to do it,” says Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
News | 22 October 2018
Strike in Ngcobo put on hold after two weeks
86 casual workers are demanding permanent positions
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 22 October 2018
Day care centre rebuilt after fire – for the fifth time
“I just need the municipality to assist me rebuild,” says principal
By Chris Gilili
News | 19 October 2018
Eastern Cape villagers must wait two months or walk miles to clinics
With only three mobile clinics to serve 93 places in Intsika Yethu, weekly visits are not possible
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 19 October 2018
Stutterheim protesters burn municipal offices and clinic over lack of jobs
“Unfortunately the clinic mistakenly burnt down but it was never the plan”
News | 18 October 2018
Gang violence forces temporary shutdown of clinic in Port Elizabeth
Police secure the area
Brief | 18 October 2018
Village school has three teachers and three pit toilets for 116 learners
“It’s really tough but we battle along”
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 17 October 2018
Human rights lawyer charged for pointing his finger at policeman
Richard Spoor charged under apartheid era Transkei penal code
By Kim Reynolds
Brief | 15 October 2018