Electricity
Two children were electrocuted here in 2021, but Zone 14 is still waiting for safe electricity
eThekwini municipality says it can’t electricify the shacks because the informal settlement is on private land
Brief | 7 September 2023
Swellendam residents march for cheaper electricity
This comes two weeks after the town was brought to a standstill with violent protests
News | 30 August 2023
Cape Town households call for electricity tariffs to be reduced
City says NERSA’s 15% tariff recommendation would lead to a shortfall of R500-million for 2023/24
By Vincent Lali
News | 28 August 2023
Madibeng protesters travel 60km to complain to mayor
They are demanding consistent and clean drinking water as well as electricity
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 22 August 2023
Shack dwellers look to renewable energy to power informal settlements
A group of organisations have created successful small projects, but now they want to aim bigger
Brief | 15 August 2023
Hundreds protest in Madibeng over water and electricity
The ward councillor took refuge in a house and refused to come out, fearing for his life.
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 July 2023
Over 1,000 shack dwellers protest: “We are tired of living in squalor”
City of Cape Town accused of “persistent failure to collect rubbish ” in informal settlements
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 July 2023
Soweto informal settlement abandoned by government
After 33 years, just five working toilets and four working taps for hundreds of households in Nomzamo Park
By Chris Gilili
News | 21 July 2023
