These villagers threatened not to vote if their road wasn’t fixed, so the municipality sent a truck. But the truck broke the water pipes the villagers had laid
Protesters tell IntsikaYethu mayor he’s no longer welcome
News | 26 October 2021
Municipality in breach of court order to clear dumpsites
Informal dumping sites were meant to have been cleaned up weeks ago
Brief | 26 October 2021
Immigrants in Gqeberha say they live in fear after Cele and Mbalula’s remarks
“They came here to fan xenophobia” says informal trader
News | 22 October 2021
Equipment worth more than R6 million stolen from technical school in Gqeberha
Parents and learners demand the the department provide proper fencing around the school
Brief | 21 October 2021
Pregnant women queue all night outside abortion clinic
“Poor treatment like this forces some of the women to go for illegal abortions”
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
News | 21 October 2021
Mthatha families buy their own transformers to electrify their homes
“Children want electricity to do their school assignments”
News | 20 October 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay says it will not provide services to new land occupations
The municipality is in the process of “formalising” 156 informal settlements by providing services like water, electricity and tarring roads
News | 19 October 2021
Thousands struggle daily to get water in Mthatha
Municipal supplied jojo tanks were last filled in August in Joe Slovo Extension
News | 18 October 2021
Human Rights Commission asked to look into post-apartheid forced removal
255 people live in dire circumstances in “Soweto” in Mthatha after they were forcefully relocated in 2012
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
News | 18 October 2021