Electricity
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
Protesters torch ten electricity poles in Kariega
Several communities surrounding Area 11 plunged into darkness since Saturday
Brief | 1 June 2021
Two people died and dozens left homeless in Plettenberg Bay fire
Bitou Municipality is helping the fire victims
Brief | 26 May 2021
Thousands of villagers without electricity for nine days in Free State
Youths block roads in protest over outage
Brief | 25 May 2021
Imbali brought to standstill by fury over electricity cut
Eskom says it isn’t safe for its teams to complete their work
Brief | 14 May 2021
Protesters set fire to electricity poles in Kariega
“Let there be darkness for all” says man
Brief | 5 May 2021
Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project
Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first
Brief | 3 May 2021
Complaints of shoddy workmanship at new multi-million rand housing development
“I don’t know why they moved us here when they know that there is still a lot of work to be done” says resident
News | 30 April 2021