Elderly in rural Eastern Cape struggling to register for vaccines
No smartphones, poor connectivity and a lack of transport make registering impractical
News | 27 May 2021
Council cleans the filthy street we filmed
Readers tell us there are other places as bad as Bering Street in Kariega
Video | 26 May 2021
Taxi drivers bring Gqeberha to standstill over Covid-19 funds
“Most of us are unable to pay our bills” says protesting taxi driver
News | 25 May 2021
Street lights dead for years in Nelson Mandela Bay
“We hear screams at night from women … It is very difficult to go outside and help because you will be a target too”
News | 21 May 2021
Water situation desperate in Hankey and Patensie
Towns’ population swells with thousands of seasonal workers needed to harvest the citrus crop
Brief | 21 May 2021
Eastern Cape villagers have to cross a river to reach their nearest clinic
Provincial health department says National Health Insurance programme will help rural residents to access health care
Brief | 20 May 2021
Video: Is this the most disgusting street in South Africa?
This video shows the awful state of Bering Street in KwaNobuhle, Kariega (formerly Uitenhage). It was filmed on 17 May.
Video | 19 May 2021
Elderly woman forgotten during Covid relocation
Municipality can’t say why 74-year-old Nontombazana April did not benefit from a municipal housing programme last year
Brief | 19 May 2021
Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 18 May 2021