Electricity
RDP homeowners and shack dwellers clash over electricity
Nkandla residents tried to remove connections from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth
News | 17 July 2020
Eskom users, fined for bridging electricity, beg to be reconnected
In Orange Farm many residents have been disconnected for two years because they can’t pay the R6k remedial fee
News | 16 July 2020
Sophiatown bursts into protests
20-year-old Cape Town informal settlement has floods but no water
Brief | 29 June 2020
Sophiatown residents’ 20-year battle for services and housing
City says it can’t provide services on land it does not own
News | 24 June 2020
“Every day there are electricity issues,” says Pietermaritzburg resident
Electricity was restored in Ngubeni on Saturday after two days of protests
News | 22 June 2020
Eskom warns that residents who “bridge” electricity will remain in the dark
Tsakane residents without electricity for two weeks block roads in protest
News | 19 June 2020
Two years waiting for the lights to be switched on
Poles and cables were installed in Ngudza, Limpopo, in 2018
Brief | 9 June 2020
East London community warned to remove illegal connections by Monday
Cuba residents have been protesting since Tuesday in a bid to stop the power utility from disconnecting them
News | 5 June 2020
Swartland police fire rubber bullets and teargas at shack dwellers
Silvertown residents are demanding basic municipal services
News | 4 June 2020