Social workers refuse to work in Stutterheim office after labour department finds it unsafe

Labour department says the building is closed but Eastern Cape Department of Social Development says it’s been cleaned and is open

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Brief | 12 March 2026

Eastern Cape pensioners must give back the road grader they seized, court rules

Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality’s failure to fix roads

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News | 11 March 2026

Work on Eastern Cape clinic stalled because health department didn’t pay the builder

Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic

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News | 10 March 2026

Rural Eastern Cape children left to hitchhike to school

About 80 learners from the Enon farming community have been without scholar transport this year

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Brief | 6 March 2026

Woman with throat cancer waits 11 years for house

Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof

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Brief | 3 March 2026

Gqeberha budget bungle sparks protest

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality officials will visit Westville informal settlement next Tuesday to give feedback on its plan for the area

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Brief | 26 February 2026

Learners at this overcrowded school are being taught outside

“When the rain stops, we wipe our desks and continue with the lesson”

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News | 26 February 2026

Long shot: Hawks probe fraud allegations at shooting range

The Umzimvubu Local Municipality has already spent millions of rands on the project, but the site remains deserted and incomplete

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Brief | 23 February 2026

Pensioners in court for seizing municipal vehicle

Eastern Cape villagers refuse to allow the grader to leave until it finishes fixing their road

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Brief | 19 February 2026