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Bucket toilets not cleaned since April in East London informal settlement

21st September 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

The unhygienic situation is a sign of an uncaring government.

E Cape mud schools falling apart

16th September 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Parents and SGBs of mud schools in Port St Johns say they have tried in vain to get government to build proper classrooms.

Staff and community members thank coronavirus for renovation of hospital

8th September 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

The Nessie Knight hospital which was meant to receive a R3-million upgrade in 2013 is being renovated seven years later due to covid-19.

E Cape government says all is well amid Nehawu’s national action

5th September 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Despite national protests called by the National Education Heath and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) to highlight the ailing public healthcare system, the Eastern Cape government […]

Men threaten female job-seekers

24th August 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.

E Cape care worker protest ends with job offer

19th August 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Eastern Cape careworkers feel hopeful after meeting with the Department of Health.

Community care workers still locked out of permanent jobs

17th August 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

The Eastern Cape Health Department assured care workers they would be signing permanent contracts on the 1st of June. In the midst of a pandemic against which they are frontline combatants, care workers in the Eastern Cape are still temporary workers.

Life stinks for East London township residents

12th August 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Overflowing sewage pollutes numerous settlements around the Eastern Cape city and makes living there unbearable.

Nehawu in Eastern Cape plans strike to hire more health workers

5th August 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

NEHAWU in the Eastern Cape says it will use a 21st of August strike by health workers to force the department to hire more staff.

Only one pit toilet for learners at Eastern Cape school

29th July 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Despite government’s repeated promises to upgrade sanitation facilities in South African schools, pit toilets are all that is available to 200 learners at the school, and only one is usable.

Houses demolished, families evicted near East London Airport

28th July 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Despite the ongoing national state of disaster that prohibits evictions, the Department of Public Works says it demolished new and under construction structures that interfere with an airport runway.

E Cape hospital workers struggle for protection

23rd July 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Healthcare workers at Frere hospital in East London say that their working conditions have not changed since they last protested in June.

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