Electricity
Homeowners and shack dwellers clash over illegal electricity connections
“As long as the municipality does not provide us with electricity, the illegal connections will continue”
Brief | 22 July 2020
After five days without electricity residents protest at councillor’s home
Illegal connections blamed for power outage in Nyanga’s Hlazo Village
Brief | 20 July 2020
Community leader shot in escalating electricity battle
Attempts by SAPS and municipality to intervene have not yet reduced tension
News | 20 July 2020
Clinic without proper electricity and running water for ten months
Staff say they make daily trips to collect water from the nearest facility about 10km away
News | 17 July 2020
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