Gqeberha refugee office is a nightmare for Somali immigrants
Staff shortages at Home Affairs leave asylum seekers in the lurch
News | 29 July 2022
Pigs swim in the sewage outside my house, says protester
Gqeberha protesters block Old Uitenhage Road demanding changes to their living conditions
News | 28 July 2022
Protesters uproot electricity poles because they are not connected
The Nomakanjani informal settlement community in Gqeberha has been blocking Addo Road for four days over a lack of electricity
Brief | 22 July 2022
Gqeberha’s secret salt harvesters
People who lost their jobs during Covid pandemic turn to abandoned salt pans
News | 20 July 2022
Gqeberha mother wants to leave the settlement where her son drowned
Residents of Waterville want to be moved from the abandoned salt pans where they live
Brief | 19 July 2022
Ramaphosa’s river clean-up boycotted
“I can’t hail Mandela Day when my children don’t have a future,” says Gqeberha resident
Brief | 19 July 2022
Police foil taxi protest over price of fuel
But a shutdown by taxis over fuel hikes may still happen
Brief | 14 July 2022
“Our children play in fields full of poop and pee” says protester
Hundreds of Bayland informal settlement residents block roads in Gqeberha over electricity and basic services
Brief | 14 July 2022
“We live in a war zone” says mother pleading for better policing in Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela Bay district police commissioner agrees with protesting residents that there is no police visibility
News | 13 July 2022