Makhanda residents resort to drinking water from an old air valve chamber

“I have never seen something like this in my life. People drinking dirty water like animals” says resident

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News | 26 February 2021

Butterworth residents promised houses in 2008 won’t see them any time soon

Formed in 1986, Yako informal settlement still has no services

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News | 26 February 2021

Dire water situation in Port Alfred

Ndlambe Municipality hopes a reverse osmosis plant will bring relief at end of March

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Brief | 26 February 2021

Chaos erupts at Gqeberha taxi ranks over Covid-19 funds

Taxi association blames labour department for divulging payment information to drivers

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News | 24 February 2021

Water outage in Makhanda sparks protest

Municipality says problem at pump station will take a week to fix

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Brief | 24 February 2021

Learners doorstop Eastern Cape Premier and MEC to complain about school conditions

Mabuyane promises to make sure officials are sent to the schools to assess the problems

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News | 24 February 2021

Patients turned away as clinics close over health worker protests

Union pleads for government to intervene as “the poor are suffering”

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News | 23 February 2021

Cars and buses torched in electricity protest

Protesters accuse Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality of breaking its promises

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News | 22 February 2021

Two brothers, accused of stealing shack roofing, burnt to death

Mounting number of people murdered by vigilantes in Port Elizabeth informal settlement

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Brief | 22 February 2021

Community health workers disrupt clinics in Eastern Cape

They have been demanding to be made permanent for years

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News | 18 February 2021

Forced closure of Humansdorp co-op hits farmers

Striking workers vow to keep co-op shut until grievances addressed

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News | 17 February 2021

People’s lives left on hold while Master of the High Court turns away clients

People are struggling to wind up the estates of family members because they cannot access court services

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News | 16 February 2021

Spaza owners protest after Port Elizabeth murders

“We cannot live like hunted animals”

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News | 15 February 2021

Mayor tells strikers there will be “consequences”

Municipal workers’ strike shuts down customer services and the traffic department in Nelson Mandela Bay

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Brief | 10 February 2021

Burst pipe leaves thousands without water in PE

“We have not seen a water tanker assisting us”

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Brief | 10 February 2021