Buffalo City residents protest against electricity price hikes
The Buffalo City ratepayers have vowed to disrupt mayoral events until she meets with them.
Eastern Cape
Liquor board, police and municipality all complicit in Emoyeni deaths – EC Human Rights Commission
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board is woefully understaffed yet has been unrestrained in issuing licenses.
The teachings of HIV, TB and Covid: Value community healthcare workers more
Community healthcare workers are indispensable to fighting health epidemics yet most are treated as volunteers deserving only of a stipend.
Long walk to school for learners in rural Eastern Cape
Ntabenkonyana learners brave bad weather and risk their lives and their futures just getting to school.
Enyobeni inquest to resume next year
The inquest into the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy in June 2022 has been postponed – for a third time – to get experts to testify on the building structure at the time and on the toxicology report.
Migrant labour and superstitions combine to make elderly women and young girls in Lusikisiki vulnerable to rape
A report by the CSVR paints a picture of how violent masculine cultures are behind Lusikisiki’s country-leading statistics on gender-based violence.
Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape
According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.
Water crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay
According to the municipality the current average level in the five dams that supply the metro is 13,27%.
Doctors march for jobs in the Eastern Cape
Doctors and their union accuse the government of turning a blind eye to the critical shortage of doctors.
Eastern Cape healthcare needs fixing – Ritshidze report
Staff shortages, staff attitudes, extended waiting times and medicine stockouts are crippling health services in the province.
SAFTU and COSATU march against high cost of living and austerity
The unity between the two labour federations was put to the test in mass marches in Cape Town, Pretoria and East London during the general strike on Wednesday.
Is Social Development in the EC concealing the numbers of children dying of hunger?
The South African Human Right Commission in the Eastern Cape hears of child malnutrition in the province.
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