Government
Cars and buses torched in electricity protest
Protesters accuse Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality of breaking its promises
News | 22 February 2021
Continued prohibition of political gatherings is irrational
“Government appears to be leveraging the pandemic to suppress dissent”
Opinion | 22 February 2021
Four children died after eating toxic food from this dumpsite. A year later, it has not been cleared
Yet Mayor promised R4 million to clear dumpsites
News | 17 February 2021
Covid-19: How bureaucracy can kill
A thoughtless instruction to my school from the provincial education department may have cost lives
A Teacher
Opinion | 15 February 2021
Applying for grants is a nightmare for early childhood development centres
“People are pulling their hair out because they have no idea how to do it”
News | 12 February 2021
Protest over stalled road project in Pietermaritzburg
“You can’t tell me that fixing one kilometre can take years”
Brief | 11 February 2021
Families without water as City of Cape Town contract expires
Residents of Dunoon informal settlement block roads in protest
News | 10 February 2021
Without money to rebuild their shacks, Khayelitsha fire victims are living in churches
“Sometimes they have gas but no food. Other times they have food but no gas.”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 9 February 2021
“I can’t recall the last time I saw the municipal rubbish truck”: Makhanda families dump their rubbish in the street
But the municipality says it collects rubbish regularly
News | 5 February 2021