Swifambo’s Mashaba defies Zondo Commission
Zondo orders criminal charges to be laid, warns of legal chaos
By James Stent
News | 24 February 2021
Chaos erupts at Gqeberha taxi ranks over Covid-19 funds
Taxi association blames labour department for divulging payment information to drivers
News | 24 February 2021
Water outage in Makhanda sparks protest
Municipality says problem at pump station will take a week to fix
Brief | 24 February 2021
Learners doorstop Eastern Cape Premier and MEC to complain about school conditions
Mabuyane promises to make sure officials are sent to the schools to assess the problems
News | 24 February 2021
Covid-19 drives children as young as four onto the street to earn
“I have to help my mother so she can buy food” says nine-year-old
Feature | 24 February 2021
Judgment reserved in Drakenstein emergency housing case
Court was “left to speculate” about the municipality’s emergency housing plan, argues advocate
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2021
Patients turned away as clinics close over health worker protests
Union pleads for government to intervene as “the poor are suffering”
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 23 February 2021
Market stalls built by municipality left to rot for years
Giyani hawkers want to know why stalls were never allocated
Brief | 23 February 2021
Covid-19: Don’t put other people’s lives at risk, urges hospital cleaner
Thembelani Zake has had the disease and sees its effects daily in his work
News | 23 February 2021