Electricity
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
Upington coalition demands water, toilets and cheaper electricity
Municipality promises to hold special meeting
Brief | 30 November 2020
Police use rubber bullets to disperse housing protesters
“Every time there is an election the governing party politicians go in there promising them housing and basic services but nothing is ever done”
News | 27 November 2020
Police intervene as homeowners clash with shack dwellers over illegal connections
The municipality is assessing whether the shacks can get electricity
News | 25 November 2020