South Africa|Eastern Cape

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“All we want is to see the government collect the rubbish”

Uncollected garbage in refuse bins has lined the streets of Uitenhage for three weeks

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Brief | 9 April 2019

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Fraud case against PRASA executive postponed

Mthuthuzeli Swartz’s lawyer says they are ready for trial

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Brief | 5 April 2019

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Man with disability has waited 11 years for temporary accommodation

Councillor says temporary housing was given to people who did not need it

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News | 4 April 2019

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“The municipality is not collecting our rubbish, but they threaten to arrest us if we dump”

Residents say Queenstown is left with only one garbage truck

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Brief | 4 April 2019

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Workers close school for children with special needs

Teachers and learners find gates locked

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Brief | 3 April 2019

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School for deaf burgled four times and set alight twice

“All my colleagues are traumatised. We never expected such a calamity”

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Brief | 2 April 2019

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Bobani must deliver on his promises to PE shack dwellers, say protesters

Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks

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Brief | 1 April 2019

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Swimmers promote alternatives to mining the Wild Coast

Over five days, eight people will swim 22 km along the Pondoland Marine Protected Area

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News | 31 March 2019

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HIV patient files lie on the floor of disused clinic

Closure of Emmanuel Haven Wellness Center in Motherwell has been poorly done

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News | 29 March 2019

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Crumbling infrastructure leaves Eastern Cape villagers without water

“We are lucky because we recently got rain”

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Brief | 29 March 2019

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State drops sloppy attempt at ‘SLAPP’ suit

Charges dropped against prominent public interest lawyer Richard Spoor

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News | 28 March 2019

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Union warns PE coalition: “If our demands keep falling on deaf ears, someone will fall”

Hundreds of SAMWU workers march to City Hall

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Brief | 28 March 2019

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Living just metres from a railway line

Small community says they are terrorised by criminals and police

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News | 28 March 2019

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Children left behind by shortage of scholar transport in East London

Department says it will accommodate the learners from April

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News | 28 March 2019

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Fix our gravel roads or we won’t vote, community tells mayor

Magwala villagers in the Eastern Cape say their roads have not been fixed for 19 years

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Brief | 25 March 2019

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Living beside an open sewer in Port Elizabeth

“Raw sewage pops out of the ground … It eventually overflows into the house”

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News | 18 March 2019