R4 million plan to clear dumpsites after death of children

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor also promises play parks

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News | 11 March 2020

School suffers teacher shortage after 100% matric pass rate

Enrolment numbers have doubled at Coselelani High School and teachers can’t cope

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Brief | 6 March 2020

Parents shut down school for second week demanding a fence

“The department does not take the safety of our children seriously”

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Brief | 5 March 2020

Community leaders warn of violence and conflict over land in Port Elizabeth

Residents of two informal settlements and a backyarder group are at each other’s throats over allocation of serviced sites

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News | 4 March 2020

Health Department accused of failing to pay security guards at Motherwell clinics

Security guards were only paid 50% of their salaries in February

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Brief | 3 March 2020

Not my area – adjacent ANC and DA ward councillors disown informal settlement

Protesting residents of Bayland in Port Elizabeth don’t know where to turn

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Brief | 26 February 2020

Taxis plough through sewage in Port Elizabeth

A drain has been overflowing on Old Uitenhage Road for six weeks

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Brief | 25 February 2020

Not safe to go to the toilet

Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night

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News | 24 February 2020

Violent protests in PE over failure to relocate shack dwellers

“The residents have been flooded with empty promises by human settlements officials” says ward councillor

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News | 21 February 2020

Mounting pressure on families living at PE school to relocate

Principal says occupation is a threat to the survival of his school

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News | 19 February 2020

Deaf children must wait, says Eastern Cape Department of Education

School gutted by fire won’t be fixed until 2023-4

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News | 12 February 2020

By-elections briefly disrupted in Port Elizabeth

Protesters demand electrification of informal settlements

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News | 5 February 2020

Parents refuse to let children go to school in “moving coffin”

“Go to hell with this skorokoro bus” Port Elizabeth parents tell driver

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News | 4 February 2020

Building stalled at yet another Eastern Cape school

Matric pass rates plummet, drop-out rates rise

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News | 29 January 2020

I wish elections were held every month, says Motherwell voter

Rubbish dumps suddenly being cleared

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News | 29 January 2020

Parents, learners shut down Port Elizabeth school

Construction delayed after Eastern Cape education department fails to pay building contractors

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News | 27 January 2020