Articles for Sibahle Siqathule
Unemployed young men fix the roads the municipality cannot manage
Taxi association says the R61 from Lusikisiki to Flagstaff is potholed and dangerous
News | 19 August 2020
Prison riot in Lusikisiki
Awaiting trial inmates say their “rights are grossly violated” by the Covid-19 lockdown regulations
Brief | 12 May 2020
Covid-19: Port St Johns mostly ignores mayor’s call for total shutdown
With eight confirmed cases, mayor hoped to “break the chain”
Brief | 21 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown life in crowded Lusikisiki
Villagers who come to town to shop have to wait hours for taxis to take them home
Brief | 18 April 2020
Lusikisiki drowning in rubbish and sewage
“I’ve got used to the smell of sewage but my customers have not,” says food stall owner
News | 11 March 2020
Family of six no longer has to survive on one old age pension
Mayor and government intervene to help Flagstaff family get IDs, social grants and a better home
Brief | 13 August 2019
Residents of apartheid-era shack town still have no electricity or toilets
“Government has chosen to forget us”
News | 26 July 2019
If this is freedom then I don’t want it, says 80-year-old Flagstaff granny
No IDs, so no social grants: family survives off grandmother’s pension
News | 10 May 2019
Declare disaster zone, pleads flood victim in Port St Johns informal settlement
“The municipality promised us RDP houses in a safe place, but more than five years later we’re in the same situation”
News | 29 April 2019