How to steal a railway line and stay out of jail
Legal manoeuvres have stalled the case against former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Syed Mohiudeen
Feature | 8 November 2023
Roads in Kariega have been flooded for months
Taxi association in Kariega says: “We were promised that the problem would be fixed but it isn’t”
Brief | 3 November 2023
No clarity on when Makhanda will have a post office again
The post office closed in July
Brief | 2 November 2023
Mandela Park families approved a sample toilet in 2008. 15 years later, they’re still waiting for the rest
Residents of Eastern Cape informal settlement say they’re not going to vote unless they get their promised toilets
News | 1 November 2023
Parents fear for children’s safety at this crumbling school
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s
News | 30 October 2023
Criminal case against former PRASA director kicked down the tracks – again
Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019
News | 27 October 2023
Sewage still seeps through Kariega streets and the mayor is nowhere to be seen
Promises made in July have not been kept
News | 25 October 2023
One train a day for Eastern Cape commuters
Since Monday you can now leave Kariega for Gqeberha by train at 6:15am and take the return trip at 5:15pm
Brief | 20 October 2023
Right to Read campaign launches in Makhanda
Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority
Brief | 20 October 2023