Articles for Joseph Chirume
Covid-19: Busy roads, long queues and children playing in the streets of Port Elizabeth
Pensioners queue among mass of shoppers to collect social grants
By Joseph Chirume and Mkhuseli Sizani
Brief | 30 March 2020
Hundreds of incomplete RDP homes left to rot
National and provincial human settlements departments say NU29 housing project is responsibility of the municipality
News | 30 March 2020
Raw sewage flowing since October from broken pipe in PE
Residents say they have repeatedly reported the issue, but municipal workers never come
Brief | 24 March 2020
Informal settlements rise up against municipality’s “lies”
Roads blocked and cars stoned
Brief | 20 March 2020
Covid-19: Universities across the country close
Students asked to vacate residences at UCT
By Ashraf Hendricks and Joseph Chirume
News | 17 March 2020
Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps
“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi
Brief | 13 March 2020
R4 million plan to clear dumpsites after death of children
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor also promises play parks
News | 11 March 2020
Health Department accused of failing to pay security guards at Motherwell clinics
Security guards were only paid 50% of their salaries in February
Brief | 3 March 2020
Addo shut down by protests
Residents of one of the area’s oldest informal settlements want houses, electricity, tap water, toilets and passable roads
Brief | 28 February 2020