People flock to Nelson Mandela Bay’s pop-up vaccine sites
“I can proudly say that all of us in the family of four have taken the vaccine,” says Gqeberha resident
Brief | 23 August 2021
Gqeberha shack dwellers block road, stone cars in protest over electricity and sanitation
700 households share three taps and three toilets
News | 18 August 2021
Elderly people in rural Makana struggle to get to vaccine sites
People are paying R60 for transport to Covid vaccination sites in Makhanda, and that’s just for the first jab
News | 18 August 2021
Eastern Cape communities want “death trap” road fixed
The provincial department of transport has allocated R1.5 million for repairs but admits it is not enough to rehabilitate the R58 road
Brief | 17 August 2021
Addo awash in raw sewage for months
Municipality says it must upgrade sewer pump station to a water treatment works
News | 16 August 2021
Eastern Cape village without water since 2019
A pensioner says she has to use the little money she has to pay youths to collect water from a neighbouring community
Brief | 12 August 2021
Makana municipality insists these toilets have been fixed and are in use. But there’s a padlock on the gate
Taxi drivers, commuters, and vendors complain
News | 11 August 2021
Millions in Lottery funds spent on one-night “music and arts festival”
NPO was given R4.8 million for the concert
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Raymond Joseph
Feature | 10 August 2021
Elderly people waited in vain for hours for vaccines at Gqeberha site
Health department excuse is nonsense, according to researcher tracking vaccine supply
News | 10 August 2021