Electricity
Man dies after being hit by an electrical pole during protest for electricity
Residents are tired of waiting in the dark for the municipality to fulfil its promises
News | 2 June 2022
Soweto residents block roads in electricity protest
Protesters demand that City Power restore the power supply, after a 13 day outage
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 26 April 2022
Residents of Kirkwood join farm workers to shut down Eastern Cape town
The workers are demanding higher wages and the residents of the town demand electricity, water and a police station
Brief | 20 April 2022
“My dog gets water every day but these people get it every second week,” says ward councillor
Gqeberha shack dwellers shut down R75 on Wednesday morning, demanding more services
Brief | 13 April 2022
Government accused of only paying lip service to climate change
African Climate Alliance protests outside Parliament
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 25 March 2022
Fire leaves 200 families homeless in Strand
A blaze fanned by high winds swept through Solly’s Town on Wednesday night
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 March 2022
Driftsands community protests over week-long power outage
Eskom says illegal connections from a neighbouring informal settlement to blame
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 11 March 2022
Buffalo City residents march on municipality with long list of broken services
Billing errors, overflowing sewage, pothole-ridden roads - these are just some of the complaints
Brief | 7 March 2022
Khayelitsha shacks to be electrified at last
Families were wrongly classified as backyarders, says Eskom
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 8 February 2022