The land is “unsuitable for habitation” says municipality, but thousands live on it

Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago

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News | 19 July 2019

PE residents come out in numbers to demand better policing

“If the police are afraid to go inside our community, then who will protect us?”

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News | 18 July 2019

Workers at security company demand union recognition

Asked for comment, Impact Loss Control threatened legal action

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News | 16 July 2019

Taps run dry while broken pipe wastes water for a month

“Our government says we must look after water because of drought. But it seems they do not practise what they preach,” says Eastern Cape villager

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Brief | 16 July 2019

PE councillor’s house burnt and vehicle sabotaged

Twelve people arrested for public violence and intimidation

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Brief | 15 July 2019

“The black poor majority on farms are feeling the rot of this system”

Farm workers and farm dwellers protest to demand rural reforms

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News | 12 July 2019

PE residents stop street works to demand jobs

Municipality condemns disruption of service

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Brief | 12 July 2019

Security guards demand jobs from PE municipality

“When we go to the toilet, we shit water because our stomachs are empty”

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Brief | 12 July 2019

Government’s multi-million rand filling station stands empty for years

Qamata chief vows it will not open until municipality acknowledges local land ownership

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News | 11 July 2019

Ward councillor says Komponi occupiers must fend for themselves

About 60 families illegally occupying prefab homes for two years want services

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Brief | 5 July 2019

Protesting small business owners stop meter reading tender, demand 30%

Supply chain management office closed by demonstrators ahead of R50 million tender deadline in PE

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Brief | 4 July 2019

Only 15 toilets to serve 2,500 shacks in PE

“Half a loaf is better than nothing,” ward councillor says about the number of toilets to be shared by thousands

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Brief | 4 July 2019

Rubbish piles up outside expensive dump site

Motherwell residents say the hill is too steep to climb with a wheelie bin

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Brief | 3 July 2019

South African fruit hawkers chase away Zimbabwean competitors

“I want to survive like them. They must leave me alone,” says fruit seller in Port Elizabeth

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Brief | 1 July 2019

Residents burn rubbish because it doesn’t get collected

“It’s like they forgot about us,” says resident in East London informal settlement

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Brief | 1 July 2019

Equal Education pickets outside Eastern Cape State of the Province address

EE wants R4.3 million saved at this year’s official opening of the legislature to be allocated to fixing schools

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Brief | 28 June 2019