Learners sent home as taps run dry at Eastern Cape schools
Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber to adopt over 30 schools to help with water saving measures
News | 17 May 2021
“Go and ask the trees for votes,” frustrated shack dwellers tell politicians
Residents of informal settlements in Gqeberha told the land cannot be developed because of indigenous vegetation
News | 13 May 2021
Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants
Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding
News | 12 May 2021
We want to move back to the dump site, say former landfill residents
About 100 people who used to live at the Makhanda dump were moved after it was upgraded
News | 12 May 2021
Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities
Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February
Brief | 10 May 2021
Betting World picketed by workers demanding Covid-19 relief funds
The holding company is in business rescue after the pandemic shut down the horse racing industry
News | 10 May 2021
Mayor fails to produce evidence that “foreigners” are behind Gqeberha land occupations
Mayor Nqaba Bhanga has been criticised by civil society for placing immigrants’ lives at risk by making unsubstantiated inflammatory comments
News | 6 May 2021
Protesters set fire to electricity poles in Kariega
“Let there be darkness for all” says man
Brief | 5 May 2021
Spar workers end strike after agreement reached
The company says workers were paid “based on productivity” but will now get a more traditional, time based payment
Brief | 4 May 2021