South Africa|Eastern Cape|East London

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Seven years later, Tokyo Sexwale’s promise has not been kept

East Bank residents still waiting for their houses to be fixed

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News | 11 August 2016

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Community centre in informal settlement is derelict

“No-one seems to be doing anything to fix it”

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Brief | 10 August 2016

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Living next to a blocked drain for 15 years

Complaints to East London municipality go unheard

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News | 10 August 2016

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98-year-old can’t find room in an old age home

Man born in the same year as Nelson Mandela can't afford the fee

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News | 26 July 2016

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20 Mdantsane families share a toilet

Municipality claims major progress in sanitation

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News | 21 July 2016

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Battle over electricity in East London

Blackouts as municipality tries to stop illegal connections

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News | 19 July 2016

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Candidate for ward council comes to rescue of fire victims

Residents accuse current councillor of neglecting them

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News | 14 July 2016

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No effort by municipality to fix leaking water and sewage

For years, residents of Ekwarini have lived in damp squalor, and the Buffalo City administration has done nothing about it

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News | 11 July 2016

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Tension between those with and without electricity in Mdantsane

Illegal connections of shack-dwellers cause power outages for neighbours

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News | 6 July 2016

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East London students miss exams because of taxi strike

Education department tells schools to reschedule

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Brief | 14 June 2016

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Learners fear school might fall on them

A primary school in East London is on the brink of collapse - literally

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News | 11 May 2016

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Councillor blamed for East London housing protest

Promised housing development never happened

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News | 9 May 2016

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Buffalo City workers block roads with burning tyres

Samwu demands a R2,000 wage increase

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News | 22 April 2016

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Students at nursing college protest exclusions

Dispute over exclusion of seven students

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Brief | 11 April 2016

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Buffalo City workers march for higher wages

Municipal employees demand R2,000 a month raise

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News | 25 February 2016