More than 15,000 girls aged just 10 to 19 years have given birth in the Eastern Cape since April 2024, a deepening crisis of child pregnancy driven by poor health access, limited education, and systemic neglect.
Lack of basic services is at the centre of discontent in two East London settlements.
The Inquest will resume in June with Enyobeni owner expected to testify.
Parliament’s education committee plans to visit the alleged scene of the crime at Bergview College in the coming weeks.
The minister has given Fort Hare five days to come up with an implementation plan and report on issues facing students.
The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.
The Buffalo City ratepayers have vowed to disrupt mayoral events until she meets with them.
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board is woefully understaffed yet has been unrestrained in issuing licenses.
Community healthcare workers are indispensable to fighting health epidemics yet most are treated as volunteers deserving only of a stipend.
Ntabenkonyana learners brave bad weather and risk their lives and their futures just getting to school.
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.
A report by the CSVR paints a picture of how violent masculine cultures are behind Lusikisiki’s country-leading statistics on gender-based violence.
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