Electricity

Vastrap residents demand houses, roads, toilets and electricity

Despite tensions, black and coloured residents protest together

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News | 1 June 2018

Village in the dark since the dawn of democracy

Vuyisile Khabiqheya, 23, has lived his whole life without electricity

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Brief | 19 April 2018

Wallacedene fire victims want electricity restored

Increased hardships and fire risk as shack dwellers wait months for Eskom

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News | 13 April 2018

Mother tells of her child’s death in shack fire

Family unable to afford funeral for nine-year-old

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News | 8 March 2018

City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018

45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets

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News | 1 December 2017

Trollip offers R25,000 reward to catch electricity and water saboteurs

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says supply to poor areas is being sabotaged on weekends

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Brief | 22 November 2017

Beacon Bay community takes protest to mayor

Showdown looms as residents demand timeframes but Xola Pakati refuses to give any.

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News | 17 November 2017

Woman electrocuted by her shack in Marikana

Yoliswa Gqwetha died after falling against the zinc sheet of her home which had an illegal electricity connection

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News | 3 November 2017

No electricity delivery, so illegal suppliers thrive

“It is clear that all basic services are in our hands and not the relevant people”

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News | 3 November 2017

We want to buy electricity, say East London residents

But the electricity transformer in Duncan Village burnt out three years ago

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News | 26 October 2017

Municipality in debt so Eskom cuts electricity to households

Eskom is owed over R258 million by several Northern Cape towns

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News | 25 October 2017

Gordhan urges South Africans to be informed about Eskom

Simple booklet explaining Eskom Inquiry has been published

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News | 13 September 2017

Tension between haves and have-nots over electricity

Witsand’s informal settlement residents blame Eskom for electrification delays

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News | 16 August 2017

Cape Town residents angry over electricity tariff hike

Households valued as low as R400,000 are paying more for electricity

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Brief | 1 August 2017

Families in the dark waiting for Eskom

Many Wallacedene residents have been without electricity because of faulty installation

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News | 13 July 2017

Formal homeowners fight informal settlement neighbours over electricity

“We know we break the law by making illegal connections but we have no choice”

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News | 22 June 2017