Villagers waiting 20 years for basic services
Upper Xhwili near Mthatha has no electricity, piped clean water or decent roads
News | 26 October 2018
Cofimvaba’s R2 million traders’ stalls are empty after five years
Vendors say they can’t afford to buy R82 permits from the municipality
Brief | 26 October 2018
Rubbish uncollected for months in Port Elizabeth
Ward 58 councillor Mendiswa Makunga (ANC) stops assistant giving her phone number to GroundUp
Brief | 25 October 2018
NEHAWU threatens to “close” Eastern Cape
Union says provincial health department is dysfunctional
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 October 2018
Toilets unserviced for five years in East London
Residents say 200 people use two working toilets and one communal tap
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 22 October 2018
Home Affairs reopens refugee office it closed in 2011
“The courts had spoken. We had to do it,” says Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
News | 22 October 2018
Strike in Ngcobo put on hold after two weeks
86 casual workers are demanding permanent positions
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 22 October 2018
Day care centre rebuilt after fire – for the fifth time
“I just need the municipality to assist me rebuild,” says principal
By Chris Gilili
News | 19 October 2018
Eastern Cape villagers must wait two months or walk miles to clinics
With only three mobile clinics to serve 93 places in Intsika Yethu, weekly visits are not possible
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 19 October 2018