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Overflowing sewage, no electricity, one tap and two toilets for over 300 residents

Residents of Duncan Village blame councillor

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News | 3 October 2018

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When government is a slumlord: Pefferville’s ghastly blocks of flats

“When it’s time to vote they will come here in numbers, yet we do not get any services from them”

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News | 19 September 2018

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Young women must come out and shame their abusers, say activists

March against violence in Duncan Village

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Brief | 12 September 2018

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Hitchhikers targeted by East London taxi drivers

Hitchhiking is killing our business, say taxi operators

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News | 6 September 2018

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No money for C-section in East London

Two toilets for 200 people in Duncan Village, and the municipality “doesn’t have any funds” to fix or instal more

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Brief | 30 August 2018

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East London residents demand illegal electricity connections be restored

Harry Gwala shack dwellers have been waiting for ten years to be formally electrified

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News | 13 August 2018

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Fire leaves scores homeless in East London

Victims of the fire were waiting to be moved to formal housing

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Brief | 9 August 2018

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87-year-old man walks three kilometres to fetch water

Smiling Valley has waited for basic services since 1992

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News | 6 August 2018

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Grade 8 learner sent home for having Afro hair

We are not here for fashion parades, says principal

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News | 2 August 2018

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Rubbish piles up in East London

Duncan village may have to wait until next year for illegal dump sites to be cleared

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Brief | 30 July 2018

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“I am a mother to myself, my siblings and also to our father”

Minor children care for their paralysed father in one-room shack

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News | 26 July 2018

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East London’s hostels left to crumble

“It’s been years really since we fixed them, but it will happen soon,” says councillor

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News | 26 July 2018

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Family of ten live with TB in one shack

“All I need is a healthy place where I can live with my children”

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Brief | 25 July 2018

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“We can never vote while breathing human waste every day”

Sewer overflowing since last year say East London residents

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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Exams postponed at Fort Hare

Students refuse to write during strike by university workers

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Brief | 17 July 2018

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East London taxi commuters left wet and unhappy

Municipality says it will start construction of a shelter this financial year

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Brief | 12 July 2018