Electricity

Electricity protests after RDP homeowners disconnect informal settlement

“Our electricity boxes trip and only start to work the following day” says RDP homeowner in Mfuleni

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Brief | 22 May 2020

Man dies in first shack fire at relocation site in PE

Households relocated to Jaagvlakte serviced sites in February have been waiting ever since for electricity and water to be connected

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Brief | 15 May 2020

Oudtshoorn families accuse municipality of sidelining them for housing

Municipality says plan to provide housing and services to Zone 14 could only start next year

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Brief | 14 May 2020

Giant turbine farm set to harvest West Coast wind

Environment minister dismisses appeals against new wind farm

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News | 11 May 2020

Cookhouse residents refuse councillor’s offer of paraffin and wood

The community of KwaNoxolo township say they will accept nothing short of electricity

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Conflict in Philippi over electricity connections

Men living in Ramaphosa informal settlement accused of attacking women in Victoria Mxenge community

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News | 28 April 2020

Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers

Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth

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News | 25 March 2020

Residents vow to fight for services at funeral for boy killed by illegal electricity connection

Angry mourners defy government’s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people

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Brief | 23 March 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

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

Protesters say councillor’s office will remain closed until their toilets are cleaned

Uitenhage residents say seven toilets for 500 people are “full of faeces” and unusable

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Brief | 10 February 2020

By-elections briefly disrupted in Port Elizabeth

Protesters demand electrification of informal settlements

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News | 5 February 2020

Huge West Coast wind project generates strongly opposing views

The 140MW Boulders Wind Farm will consist of 45 turbines standing 165m high

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News | 18 December 2019

Residents and municipality blame each other after child electrocuted

Nine-year-old stepped on wires from illegal electricity connection

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News | 10 December 2019

Residents of Amalinda say they have been forgotten

500 households with no electrification, months without rubbish collection, only two taps and a dozen working toilets

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Brief | 28 November 2019