Nelson Mandela Bay municipality admits water is contaminated
Residents told to “boil the water before consuming it”
Brief | 22 February 2022
R14-million water installation project left villagers thirsty
OR Tambo District Municipality’s Ngqeleni water project in rural Eastern Cape riddled with failures
News | 21 February 2022
“When you return to class the smell of the poo remains in your clothes”
Pit latrines are a daily hazard in Eastern Cape schools
News | 18 February 2022
Public schools shut down in Makhanda due to bungled payroll
School governing bodies say the education department failed to deliver stationery and did not pay teaching assistants
Brief | 16 February 2022
Makana municipality faces more court action over filth
Legal Resources Centre says municipality has failed to comply with September court order on waste management
Brief | 16 February 2022
Protests halt first day of university lectures
Problems with NSFAS leave Nelson Mandela University students unable to register
News | 15 February 2022
Hundreds of learners’ schooling affected by a bad bridge
“Our municipality comes and pretends to be maintaining our roads” says Eastern Cape villager
News | 15 February 2022
School’s dream dashed as donor fails to pay up
Rashid Khan promised tens of millions of rands to an Eastern Cape school but both he and the government have let the community down
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Tania Broughton
News | 14 February 2022
Broke municipality can’t provide basic services but it pays managers massive travel allowances
Amahlathi Local Municipality has a history of financial mismanagement
By Steve Kretzmann and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Feature | 11 February 2022