Brief
Electricity protests after RDP homeowners disconnect informal settlement
“Our electricity boxes trip and only start to work the following day” says RDP homeowner in Mfuleni
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 22 May 2020
“The only time they flock here is when they want our votes” says Pietermaritzburg resident
The City has promised to send a team to resolve issues of sanitation in Mkhondeni
Brief | 22 May 2020
150 people use one woman’s toilet
“I feel for her. If it was someone else, they would never accept what we are doing.”
Brief | 22 May 2020
Court orders City of Cape Town to leave Obs occupiers alone
Interim interdict can be challenged on 3 June
Brief | 21 May 2020
Patients at Mfuleni Day Hospital get medication through the fence
“I thought they were joking” says patient
Brief | 20 May 2020
Protesters bring road project to a halt in KwaNobuhle
They believe unemployed youths from their ward are being sidelined
Brief | 20 May 2020
Water tanks run dry in Motherwell informal settlements
“Residents spend time in long queues waiting to fetch water” says community leader
Brief | 19 May 2020
Glebelands Eight trial postponed to October
Accused to remain in prison due to lockdown restrictions
Brief | 19 May 2020
Homemade alcoholic brew finds a market as prices soar
“People are bored of sitting at home doing nothing”
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 19 May 2020