Residents protest after blackout prevents them watching World Cup

Four Nelson Mandela Bay municipality vehicles burnt. City blames vandalism for outages.

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News | 21 June 2018

Port Elizabeth’s peace builders are making communities safer for immigrants

“The peace builders are trained to resolve conflicts between immigrants and local people”

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News | 21 June 2018

PE municipal employees on strike

Workers demand back pay, but City says it doesn’t have the money

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Brief | 18 June 2018

Criminals prey on Vastrap’s disabled residents

20 Port Elizabeth families have been living in containers for four years

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News | 14 June 2018

Citrus strike ends as farmers agree to R20 an hour

Workers in Sundays River Valley return to farms

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News | 7 June 2018

Vastrap residents demand houses, roads, toilets and electricity

Despite tensions, black and coloured residents protest together

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News | 1 June 2018

Ward committee members protest outside PE council meeting

Protesters demand higher stipends and better equipment

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Brief | 30 May 2018

School even had its burglar bars stolen

Parents close Empumalanga Primary in protest as school is stripped by thieves

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News | 22 May 2018

ARTICLE RETRACTED: R22 million Red Location Museum slowly being stripped nail by nail

This article plagiarised from another article published in 2016. This violates GroundUp’s principles. We have therefore retracted it.

News | 11 May 2018

NSFAS and Nelson Mandela University play the blame game

But aid scheme hopes to finalise disbursements this week

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Brief | 8 May 2018

Nelson Mandela University disrupted as NSFAS fails to pay fees

University management will provide emergency financial support

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Brief | 7 May 2018

Township homeowners complain about land occupiers

They “are living in comfort because they have houses of their own, while we don’t have” responds occupier

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News | 11 April 2018

PE residents homeless because of poorly built RDP houses

People have been living for a decade in temporary structures next to their waterlogged houses

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News | 9 April 2018

School children recycle waste for food

“This is helping my family very much because my parents do not work,” says seventh-grader

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News | 3 April 2018

Losing the war on waste in filthy Port Elizabeth suburb

Councillor says awareness campaign not happening in his ward where the place is strewn with rubbish

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Brief | 23 March 2018

PE officials and residents debate land occupations

Municipality encourages people to register on housing database but backyarders say the wait is too long

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News | 16 March 2018