Stinking, broken, overflowing: these are the pit toilets Eastern Cape learners are expected to use at school
1,500 schools in the province still have pit toilets and some schools can’t afford to get them emptied
News | 15 October 2021
Cele promises action after Gqeberha violence
Minister says police will be on high alert
News | 14 October 2021
Road rage incident sparks violent clashes between taxi operators and shop owners
“The town turned into a war zone”
News | 14 October 2021
Court ordered Eastern Cape education department to build 65 classrooms in four schools within 90 days, in February 2020. So far, only 17 have been built.
Fed-up parents build their own classrooms
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Marecia Damons
News | 12 October 2021
Waiter who lost his job during lockdown now runs his own pizza takeaway
Takesure Ranjisi makes pizza and sells it from a container in Walmer township
Brief | 12 October 2021
Makhanda dumpsite occupiers say they have nowhere else to go, as municipality tries to upgrade it
Company awarded R20m to refurbish the site. But a dispute with a subcontractor threatens the project.
News | 7 October 2021
An Eastern Cape municipality promised its residents houses over a decade ago. They’re still waiting
If residents accept a proposal by the province they will get houses with pit latrines and water tanks within two years
News | 5 October 2021
Failed RDP project leaves 71 households with toilet buildings but no houses
Eastern Cape government departments pass the buck and kill the project in bureaucracy
News | 29 September 2021
Don’t close our little school, parents tell Eastern Cape education department
Department says the Addo school is no longer viable and plans to move the 30 learners to surrounding schools
Brief | 29 September 2021