Shack owner sent away after boy is electrocuted by izinyoka connection

Despatch residents send delegation to municipal offices to demand electricity

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News | 15 September 2020

700 residents have a litre of water per day in Eastern Cape village

“We are pleading with anyone who can assist us … before we all die”

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News | 15 September 2020

“We will hit them where it hurts” warns NEHAWU leader

Union vows to shut down government services, including SARS and SASSA

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Brief | 14 September 2020

Community beats three suspected criminals to death in Eastern Cape

Police blamed for the rise in vigilantism

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News | 11 September 2020

Foster parents distraught after not receiving grants this month

6,000 grants not paid due to “technical glitch”

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News | 11 September 2020

Who can perform at their best when they are using mud classrooms? asks Eastern Cape parent

Port St Johns school won’t be fixed for at least three years, says principal

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News | 10 September 2020

Villagers donate money to build a clinic in a shack

Villagers in the rural Eastern Cape struggling to access health services have tried to create their own infrastructure

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News | 9 September 2020

Toilets near Jeffreys Bay beachfront littered with faeces and rubble

“The state of these ablutions will give a bad image to our town”

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Brief | 9 September 2020

Loan shark steals SASSA cards in Eastern Cape

Beneficiaries forced to change PINs

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News | 9 September 2020

Councillor accused of demanding sex for job

150 residents protest in small Eastern Cape town to demand he be removed

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News | 8 September 2020

Matthew Goniwe’s funeral remembered: Here are previously unpublished photos from 1985

Nyameka Goniwe, widow of Matthew, died a week ago.

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Photo Essay | 8 September 2020

Students shutdown college over NSFAS payments

NSFAS to visit the campus this week to respond to students’ concerns

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Brief | 8 September 2020

Day Zero in water stricken Mandela Bay

“We are in big trouble” says resident as dam levels for the metro fall below 19%

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News | 7 September 2020

IT crash blamed for leaving children hungry

Department of Justice says its working to resolve 129 outstanding payments

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News | 7 September 2020

Unions threaten total shutdown if no response in five days

NEHAWU is demanding a 7% increase

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Brief | 3 September 2020