Municipality silent on hijacked houses in Nelson Mandela Bay

Report shows nearly one in five houses in Missionvale project are not occupied by rightful owner

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News | 9 January 2020

Residents point fingers at municipality after children poisoned on dumpsite

Motherwell families say rubbish is not collected and there is nowhere for children to play

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News | 7 January 2020

Open trench poses safety risk, say Uitenhage residents

Municipality says complaints will be “escalated as matter of urgency”

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Brief | 17 December 2019

Families who lost loved ones demand bridge over PE river

Residents fear more people will drown when the rains come

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News | 17 December 2019

Fynbos residents blame municipality for racial tensions over housing dispute

Municipality to make fourth attempt to evict people illegally occupying RDP houses

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News | 17 December 2019

Steep bus fare hike stops some Zimbabweans in PE going home

Bus companies in PE have increased prices from R800 to R1,500 for a single trip

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News | 13 December 2019

Residents and municipality blame each other after child electrocuted

Nine-year-old stepped on wires from illegal electricity connection

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News | 10 December 2019

Nelson Mandela Bay admits to “serious infrastructure problems”

Communities have been complaining of recurring blockages and overflowing sewage

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Brief | 6 December 2019

Families living in classrooms for 18 years to be relocated

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says they will be moved in January

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News | 6 December 2019

At last! Toilets for Sidubi Poort Junior Secondary School

Lecturer read GroundUp story and contacted donors

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Brief | 4 December 2019

Elderly couple rewards kind stranger with … a business

Rhadi’s Meat Place is booming

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Brief | 2 December 2019

The Lottery and the mystery multi-million rand boxing arena

A Gauteng company with no track record in construction was contracted to build a facility in the small Eastern Cape town of Storms River

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Feature | 28 November 2019

PE residents blockade streets in protest against electricity outages

Ward councillor says she will not risk her life meeting the community

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Brief | 27 November 2019

Vandalised anti-apartheid museum in PE may soon be open again

Residents closed down Red Location Museum in 2013

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News | 27 November 2019