Electricity
Protests erupt after child electrocuted by illegal connection
Residents of Lingelihle and Greenfields in Gqeberha say they won’t be voting on Monday
Brief | 27 October 2021
Mthatha families buy their own transformers to electrify their homes
“Children want electricity to do their school assignments”
News | 20 October 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay says it will not provide services to new land occupations
The municipality is in the process of “formalising” 156 informal settlements by providing services like water, electricity and tarring roads
News | 19 October 2021
Hundreds block Malmesbury’s streets over “unaffordable” utility bills
Swartland municipality says its already written off more than R14.9 million in irrecoverable debt
Brief | 5 October 2021
Musina residents say they have had enough of water outages
Anger over municipality cutting off electricity when people default on water bills
News | 4 October 2021
Fishing communities fear their livelihoods are threatened by Karpowership plan
Gas energy generation licences approved despite environmental concerns
By Liezl Human
News | 23 September 2021
Baby drowns in tub filled with water from leaking shack
Khayelitsha residents demand better living conditions
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 September 2021
Families want electricity bills from lockdown to be scrapped
Cape Winelands municipality battling to recover steep outstanding bills
News | 24 August 2021
Delft families waiting for years to have electricity restored
Power outage blamed on illegal connections at Tsunami informal settlement
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 August 2021