Water
JHB neighbourhoods battle without water
Water supplying company says it’s relying on residents without access to call them so a tanker can be dispatched
News | 17 November 2021
Taps run dry in the village of Mandela’s childhood home
Municipality failed to pay Eskom so pump station was switched off
News | 15 November 2021
Eastern Cape villagers refused to vote because of no-show mayor
At the Phungulelweni voting station in Ntabankulu Local Municipality only nine people voted
News | 11 November 2021
Thirsty villagers desert ANC for independent candidate
Broken promises over dam project said to be reason ANC vote dropped from 83% to 53% in Mhlontlo in the Eastern Cape
News | 10 November 2021
Overflowing toilets, piles of rubbish and empty water tanks plague Gqeberha shack dwellers
Yet the municipality claims the area is cleaned and serviced regularly
Brief | 10 November 2021
Willowvale is where government projects go to die
“If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves” says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape
News | 9 November 2021
Families living in Tsolo forest say they won’t be voting on Monday
The settlement of about 1,000 households has almost no basic services
News | 28 October 2021
These villagers threatened not to vote if their road wasn’t fixed, so the municipality sent a truck. But the truck broke the water pipes the villagers had laid
Protesters tell IntsikaYethu mayor he’s no longer welcome
News | 26 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