Shack fire leaves hundreds homeless in Khayelitsha
Strong winds, density of the shacks and the slow response of emergency services make the fires more damaging.
Service delivery
Eskom comes under fire at Nersa public hearings
Western Cape communities slam the proposed 40% electricity increase.
Illegal dumping overwhelms Delft residents
The residents of Delft contend with piles of unsanitary and hazardous rubbish while the City of Cape Town has no plan to clean it up.
Bilharzia infections plague Limpopo schools
Poor sanitation and lack of clean drinking water is suspected to be behind the outbreak in Limpopo.
RDP homeowners without electricity for a year
Eskom has promised to install electricity but is scant on details.
Frustrated Khayelitsha residents march to demand Eskom re-open service centre
In June, Eskom announced the closure of their customer service centre in Khayelitsha, to be replaced by ‘pop-up offices’, a decision that Khayelitsha residents reject.
EPWP workers disrupt Durban waste collection to demand their jobs
EPWP workers in eThekwini have been protesting for a week now, demanding permanent employment.
Electricity tariff hikes ‘unsustainable’
Nersa-approved electricity charges are taking food and clothing out of household budgets.
New Water and Sanitation ministry faces multiple water crises
The scale of the problems facing water services in the country does not make the prospect of improved delivery by the department likely.
Buffalo City residents protest against electricity price hikes
The Buffalo City ratepayers have vowed to disrupt mayoral events until she meets with them.
Not a tap nor a toilet for the 200 people living in this Cape Town informal settlement
The private owners of the land will not apply to the City of Cape Town for services to be extended to the occupants and are applying for their eviction. The Human Rights Commission says new government policy requires the city to provide services.
Fetching water is daily pain for Vhembe women
For over three decades, residents of rural villages in Vhembe in Limpopo have been suffering without running water and even those who reside a few kilometres from the massive Nandoni dam do not have water.
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