Taps run dry in the village of Mandela’s childhood home
Municipality failed to pay Eskom so pump station was switched off
News | 15 November 2021
There will be no funerals until the sewage system is fixed, residents threaten
“We live in a pigsty”
Brief | 15 November 2021
Mthatha patients wait in the rain at clinics from 3am
“For years we have been treated like this, but it’s worse since Covid.”
News | 12 November 2021
Eastern Cape villagers refused to vote because of no-show mayor
At the Phungulelweni voting station in Ntabankulu Local Municipality only nine people voted
News | 11 November 2021
Thirsty villagers desert ANC for independent candidate
Broken promises over dam project said to be reason ANC vote dropped from 83% to 53% in Mhlontlo in the Eastern Cape
News | 10 November 2021
Overflowing toilets, piles of rubbish and empty water tanks plague Gqeberha shack dwellers
Yet the municipality claims the area is cleaned and serviced regularly
Brief | 10 November 2021
Willowvale is where government projects go to die
“If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves” says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape
News | 9 November 2021
Corruption or incompetence? Rural Eastern Cape housing projects delayed for years
And a company that was paid R1.5 billion in tenders left households in Cofimvaba each with a pile of concrete slabs instead of toilets
News | 5 November 2021
Eastern Cape villagers want to know why a new road never reached them
Their old road is impassable when it rains
Brief | 4 November 2021