Woman raped in public library organises protest to demand better security

About 50 learners from various high schools protested outside Uitenhage Public Library

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Brief | 6 March 2020

School suffers teacher shortage after 100% matric pass rate

Enrolment numbers have doubled at Coselelani High School and teachers can’t cope

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Brief | 6 March 2020

Makana mayor and Municipal Manager face six months in prison

Mphalwa and Mene given 30 days to “fix” Makhanda landfill site

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Brief | 5 March 2020

Parents shut down school for second week demanding a fence

“The department does not take the safety of our children seriously”

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Brief | 5 March 2020

Community leaders warn of violence and conflict over land in Port Elizabeth

Residents of two informal settlements and a backyarder group are at each other’s throats over allocation of serviced sites

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News | 4 March 2020

Health Department accused of failing to pay security guards at Motherwell clinics

Security guards were only paid 50% of their salaries in February

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Brief | 3 March 2020

Staff down tools at Uitenhage clinic

Unions unhappy over stalled refurbishment of the hospital after the health department ran out of money

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Brief | 3 March 2020

No end to water rationing in Makhanda

Water crisis could have been avoided, says residents’ association

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News | 2 March 2020

Refugee mother owed nine months of child grants

Annie Tshimanga given the runaround by SASSA after her card was stolen

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Brief | 2 March 2020

Addo shut down by protests

Residents of one of the area’s oldest informal settlements want houses, electricity, tap water, toilets and passable roads

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Brief | 28 February 2020

Not my area – adjacent ANC and DA ward councillors disown informal settlement

Protesting residents of Bayland in Port Elizabeth don’t know where to turn

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Brief | 26 February 2020

Eastern Cape villagers promised water in 1998, still waiting

Over R23 million spent and the bills keep mounting, but the taps stay dry in Flagstaff villages

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News | 25 February 2020

Taxis plough through sewage in Port Elizabeth

A drain has been overflowing on Old Uitenhage Road for six weeks

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Brief | 25 February 2020

Hospital in dire straits after Eastern Cape Health Department fails to pay contractors

Refurbishment ground to a halt at the hospital when the department ran out of money. Union threatens to down tools

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News | 25 February 2020

Not safe to go to the toilet

Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night

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News | 24 February 2020

Vandals make drought worse in Graaff-Reinet

Taps ran dry last year for thousands of residents in drought-stricken town

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News | 24 February 2020