Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite
“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”
Brief | 29 October 2018
Villagers waiting 20 years for basic services
Upper Xhwili near Mthatha has no electricity, piped clean water or decent roads
News | 26 October 2018
Cofimvaba’s R2 million traders’ stalls are empty after five years
Vendors say they can’t afford to buy R82 permits from the municipality
Brief | 26 October 2018
Rubbish uncollected for months in Port Elizabeth
Ward 58 councillor Mendiswa Makunga (ANC) stops assistant giving her phone number to GroundUp
Brief | 25 October 2018
NEHAWU threatens to “close” Eastern Cape
Union says provincial health department is dysfunctional
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 October 2018
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