Port St Johns learners have to be sent home when it rains

Five years on and school hasn’t been fixed

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News | 28 March 2017

School books and uniforms taken by sheriff in shack demolition

“It is becoming difficult to explain our situation to school teachers because this is the third time,” says 15-year-old

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News | 27 March 2017

Sewage “spilling continuously” into Butterworth river

Residents and livestock suffer while year-old leak is unfixed

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News | 27 March 2017

Street lights don’t work in Mdantsane

Residents complain about crime

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News | 24 March 2017

School children sent home to use toilets during school hours

Bathrooms stripped bare by thieves

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News | 23 March 2017

Wheelchair for grandmother trapped in her shack

After years as a virtual prisoner in her home, 72-year-old Beauty Qamata can breathe fresh air again

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Brief | 17 March 2017

I was born blind for a purpose, says East London accordion player

Siphe Mditshane uses his musical talent to teach others

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Brief | 17 March 2017

Mthatha city centre closed by hawkers’ protest

Food sellers angry after stalls confiscated

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Brief | 16 March 2017

Illegal money lender targets pensioners

Free chicken offered to new borrowers

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News | 14 March 2017

People with disabilities demand better jobs

“We only get hired to answer phones”

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Brief | 9 March 2017

“Home Affairs said I was a foreigner because of my vaccination marks”

PE woman claims she was turned away; Home Affairs denies this

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News | 8 March 2017

400 workers on strike at Kouga Municipality

Municipal workers want Public Works Programme contracts extended; mayor says jobs must be rotated

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News | 8 March 2017

Children at daycare centre live with leaking sewer

Port Alfred residents say problem reported to municipality five months ago

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Brief | 7 March 2017

Disabled 72-year-old trapped alone in her shack all day

Former domestic worker Beauty Qamata lost her legs to diabetes

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News | 6 March 2017

Sign declaration or face eviction, says college management

After two weeks of protests, Buffalo City TVET issues ultimatum

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Brief | 3 March 2017

Fed-up with waiting, residents of informal settlement sort out their own water supply

Santini community in Butterworth remain without electricity or sanitation

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Brief | 3 March 2017