South Africa|Eastern Cape|Gqeberha

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Drought: Eastern Cape towns facing Day Zero

Dam levels in the Gamtoos Valley critically low

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News | 31 January 2018

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Broken Motherwell drains fixed at last

Municipality sends a team after GroundUp story

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Brief | 29 January 2018

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Another child drowns in Addo’s killer canal

Children say they have nowhere else to play

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News | 18 January 2018

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Motherwell creche burns down

Children left stranded at start of New Year

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News | 10 January 2018

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Sewage spill spoils children’s holidays

PE residents have been complaining to the municipality for months

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News | 9 January 2018

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Municipality spurns Addo residents’ call for upgrades

There are no public toilets and the roads are ridden with potholes

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News | 15 December 2017

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Trollip offers R25,000 reward to catch electricity and water saboteurs

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says supply to poor areas is being sabotaged on weekends

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Brief | 22 November 2017

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Strike at not-for-profit farm

Employees have not been paid since May

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News | 9 November 2017

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Weekend outages trigger protests in PE

Municipality blames service disruptions on sabotage by workers unhappy with new overtime policy

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Brief | 2 November 2017

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PE crèche burns down

Under The Tree Early Childhood Centre provided free care and food for 60 children

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Brief | 31 October 2017

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Doctors protest against armed robberies

Port Elizabeth doctors complain about spike in crime

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Brief | 30 October 2017

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Coke on strike

Workers at beverage company enter second week of strike

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News | 26 October 2017

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PE sewage spill drained

Municipality suspects “sabotage”

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Brief | 16 October 2017

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PE houses stand in “dams of human faeces”

Municipality blames blockages on “foreign objects”

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Brief | 10 October 2017

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Reprieve for Port Elizabeth roadside traders

Walmer residents force municipality to backtrack on eviction

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News | 4 October 2017

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Makro workers picket in Port Elizabeth

Dispute over remuneration

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News | 2 October 2017