Electricity
Port Elizabeth shack dwellers block roads, demanding electricity
Residents had expected municipality to meet with them after violent protests two weeks ago
Brief | 9 February 2021
Mother of five children killed by illegal electricity connection
Siyahlala informal settlement in Dunoon has never been electrified as it is on Transnet land
Brief | 8 February 2021
Violence erupts over electricity in Port Elizabeth
Residents of informal settlement retaliate with stones after nearby homeowners cut illegal connections
News | 27 January 2021
Shack dwellers disrupt water and electricity project in Uitenhage
The two projects are meant to benefit elderly, disabled and blind residents whose 500 informal structures are being built in the area
News | 20 January 2021
Westville households get electricity after 10 years
Residents believe their area will be safer without illegal connections
Brief | 12 January 2021
Hundreds march in Louis Trichardt to demand water, sanitation and proper roads
One resident says she has to buy buckets of water daily from other community members with boreholes
News | 14 December 2020
Residents of Cape Town informal settlements share their challenges
The City has said that most parcels of occupied land are not suitable for housing or permanent bulk services
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 December 2020
Call for Swartland municipality to investigate utility accounts
Our bills are the highest in the Western Cape, says Malmesbury resident
Brief | 10 December 2020
Samora Machel residents in the dark for six months
City of Cape Town says technicians need to be accompanied by police
Brief | 2 December 2020