Government
Families without water as City of Cape Town contract expires
Residents of Dunoon informal settlement block roads in protest
News | 10 February 2021
Without money to rebuild their shacks, Khayelitsha fire victims are living in churches
“Sometimes they have gas but no food. Other times they have food but no gas.”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 9 February 2021
“I can’t recall the last time I saw the municipal rubbish truck”: Makhanda families dump their rubbish in the street
But the municipality says it collects rubbish regularly
News | 5 February 2021
Emotional farewell to child crushed by stormwater pipe
Probes into Phawu Mandiyase’s death continue
Brief | 29 January 2021
Family of child crushed by stormwater pipe says municipality is responsible
Six-year-old Phawu Mandiyase was playing with his friend when the incident occured
News | 20 January 2021
Families affected by dam construction are unhappy with state’s compensation
Water and Sanitation department says offers were fair
News | 19 January 2021
Upington municipality breaks promise to protesters
Dawid Kruiper mayor and speaker “not available” for promised council meeting
News | 10 December 2020
Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk
Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings
Brief | 10 December 2020
What this municipality hadn’t done in years, Gift of the Givers did in just three days
Water quality still has to be tested, but Eastern Cape villages now have boreholes
By Johnnie Isaac and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 4 December 2020