Plans to build hundreds of toilets stopped by Uitenhage politics
Voting district committee at loggerheads with ward committee
Brief | 27 July 2020
PE parents demand shutdown of schools
Department reiterates that only the national cabinet can close schools
Brief | 23 July 2020
Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists
As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and GroundUp Staff
News | 23 July 2020
Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19
“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader
News | 23 July 2020
Fix our schools, learners tell Eastern Cape Education Department
Equal Education has given the department two weeks to attend to schools with water and sanitation problems
News | 22 July 2020
Homeowners and shack dwellers clash over illegal electricity connections
“As long as the municipality does not provide us with electricity, the illegal connections will continue”
Brief | 22 July 2020
Covid-19: Eastern Cape doctor describes life-and-death decisions
“There’s no doubt that this is the biggest challenge we face in the living memory of being in practice for 20 years”
Interview | 21 July 2020
School Governing Bodies order immediate shutdown of primary schools
But Eastern Cape Department of Education says only Cabinet has the authority to close schools
News | 20 July 2020
Community leader shot in escalating electricity battle
Attempts by SAPS and municipality to intervene have not yet reduced tension
News | 20 July 2020