Electricity
Informal settlements rise up against municipality’s “lies”
Roads blocked and cars stoned
Brief | 20 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
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
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
Brief | 10 February 2020
By-elections briefly disrupted in Port Elizabeth
Protesters demand electrification of informal settlements
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
By John Yeld
News | 18 December 2019
Residents and municipality blame each other after child electrocuted
Nine-year-old stepped on wires from illegal electricity connection
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
Brief | 28 November 2019
Dispute over electrification in Tembisa
Land occupiers say they are being excluded from the project
By Zoë Postman
News | 21 November 2019