Electricity
Toilets not emptied for a year, say residents
Roads barricaded in Pietermaritzburg following electricity and water disruptions
Brief | 20 June 2017
In photos: residents clash with police in Davidsonville
Threat to cut off water and electricity spark protests, but a multitude of festering problems underlie community’s anger
Photo Essay | 12 June 2017
Municipality stops electricity deductions after protests
Residents in Pietermaritzburg say 40% has been deducted on prepaid electricity for years with no indication of what is still owing
Brief | 5 June 2017
Small Jo’burg businesses left in the dark
City blames cable theft and previous administration
News | 22 May 2017
Panic buying and violent protests after power failure in Port Elizabeth
Residents thought municipality to blame
News | 16 May 2017
Khayelitsha informal market without electricity for months
Traders say they hardly make a profit anymore
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2017
Smouldering discontent in Masiphumelele years after fire
Residents are dissatisfied by the ward councillor’s written response to their memorandum
Brief | 10 March 2017
Masiphumelele residents march to Fish Hoek to demand better living conditions
Protesters call on municipality to provide electricity and sanitation to everyone living in the township’s informal settlement
News | 14 February 2017
Weeks of no electricity for Buffalo City town
Municipality blames illegal connections for blowing transformer
Brief | 9 February 2017