Municipality fails to pay its workers their May salaries
Community leaders call for Amahlathi municipality to be disbanded
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 6 June 2022
Hankey residents force seasonal workers out of town in violent clashes
“How can we be called foreigners in our land?” asks migrant worker from Lusikisiki
News | 6 June 2022
Man dies after being hit by an electrical pole during protest for electricity
Residents are tired of waiting in the dark for the municipality to fulfil its promises
News | 2 June 2022
Rape survivor gives up hope of justice
After multiple postponements, 27-year-old Khayelitsha woman finally withdrew the case
News | 2 June 2022
Eastern Cape farmers demand more support from government
Developing farmers marched to the provincial government on Tuesday to call for more security of tenure, more resources, and an end to corruption
Brief | 1 June 2022
Township stock farmers want fewer fines and more help
Theft of stock and lack of grazing are problems
News | 31 May 2022
Picket outside Gqeberha court to stop Shell seismic study
High Court asked to set aside the Department of Mineral Resources’ decision to award a seismic exploration right to Shell
Brief | 30 May 2022
Court bid to stop seismic survey starts today
Shell’s attempt to explore for oil and gas off the Wild Coast was interdicted late last year pending the outcome of this hearing
News | 30 May 2022
We visited these schools in 2013. We went back last month. Here’s what we found
Nine years after Zakes Mda and Thabo Makgoba were shocked by conditions in these Eastern Cape schools, there’s little sign of improvement
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 26 May 2022