Apartheid-era hostel causing a stink in Eastern Cape town

More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours

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News | 26 July 2024

Apartheid-era flats are “a ticking time bomb”

Residents want the broken-down flats fixed; the municipality says the residents must first pay rent

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News | 23 July 2024

Nelson Mandela Bay in the dark due to dodgy street light tenders

SIU investigating alleged maladministration in the municipality

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News | 19 July 2024

Makhanda learners demand maths teacher

Mary Waters Secondary School learners have been protesting since Monday

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Brief | 17 July 2024

SIU to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in Nelson Mandela Bay

Mayor says municipality will “give full support” to SIU investigators

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Brief | 15 July 2024

The little charcoal business run by a group of young people in Matatiele

Morumotsho Charcoal has been going for eight years

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News | 15 July 2024

Buffalo City ratepayers march to City Hall, rejecting electricity fee

A monthly maintenance network surcharge of between R376 and more than R700 came into effect on 1 July

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News | 11 July 2024

No, we won’t move, say Butterworth shack dwellers

Residents of Sikiti informal settlement fear they’ll be forgotten if they agree to move to serviced sites nearby

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News | 11 July 2024

Another Makhanda water supply deadline missed

The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete

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Brief | 10 July 2024

Kariega flood victims forced to move back to sodden land

Residents of Old Lapland informal settlement protested against returning as they fear the dam wall above them will burst

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News | 9 July 2024

Butterworth families evicted by chiefs in 2011 are still waiting for promised houses

People of Bhungeni were moved to make way for a mall which has still not been built

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News | 9 July 2024

Musicians in “Little Jazz Town” want Gayton McKenzie to fix their broken arts centre

Komani jazz legend Mlungisi Gegana blames the Eastern Cape arts department for the collapse of the centre

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News | 3 July 2024

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Wild Coast communities and environmental organisations have now approached the Constitutional Court

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Law | 2 July 2024

Zimbabweans in South Africa welcome rollout of e-passports

Pilot programme has seen about 60 e-passports processed daily since 21 June and the Zimbabwean Consulate says it is extending the initiative indefinitely

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Brief | 27 June 2024

Last-minute Lottery funding for the National Arts Festival

Following a successful appeal, the festival has finally got R10-million

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Brief | 27 June 2024

We have no engineer to build your houses, official tells Kariega protesters

R334 blocked by shack dwellers for the second time in a month

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News | 25 June 2024