Hundreds of security guards sent home without wages after Eastern Cape health department fails to pay contractors
Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year
Brief | 27 March 2024
Eastern Cape town’s R7.6-million taxi rank left unused for years
Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished
Brief | 27 March 2024
“Cleaning and greening” workers dump rubbish on City Hall doorsteps in Gqeberha
Their stipends were paid a week late by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs
Brief | 22 March 2024
Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay
Municipality says it will move against them
News | 20 March 2024
Arrested Cathcart leader’s court appearance moved 120km away out of fear of protests
Mziwebongo Burwana was arrested during violent protests sparked by rumours that the Cathcart Hospital will be downgraded
Brief | 20 March 2024
Vehicles set alight as protesters demand sanitation and water
Nelson Mandela Bay Mayco member promises action on stalled project
Brief | 19 March 2024
Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school
The R56-million Vukile Tshwete Senior Secondary has officially opened in Keiskammahoek after eight years of struggle
Brief | 19 March 2024
Library services crippled in Nelson Mandela Bay
Some have not reopened since Covid lockdown
News | 14 March 2024
Nelson Mandela University workers march for higher salaries
Marchers demand an 8% increase
Brief | 13 March 2024