Marchers call for job security and a basic income grant
Picketers in PE mark 1 August as national day for working class action
Brief | 3 August 2020
Dozens of EPWP workers not paid since May
Workers say they’ve been given the runaround by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
News | 31 July 2020
“Improve conditions at all health facilities” demands TAC
Protesters give Eastern Cape health department seven days to respond to demand to produce Covid-19 plan
News | 30 July 2020
PE shack dwellers shut down neighbourhood
“We want to get the attention of this municipality. But if officials don’t address us we will stop all the projects in this ward.”
News | 30 July 2020
Dozens of brick and mortar homes built by occupiers demolished on Monday
Public Works claims it only demolished newly built and incomplete homes
Brief | 29 July 2020
Protest over toilets turns violent in Uitenhage
Project to build toilets for Bobani Village was halted by internal politics
Brief | 28 July 2020
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