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Bilharzia infections plague Limpopo schools

26th September 2024 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

Poor sanitation and lack of clean drinking water is suspected to be behind the outbreak in Limpopo.

RDP homeowners without electricity for a year

17th September 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Eskom has promised to install electricity but is scant on details.

Frustrated Khayelitsha residents march to demand Eskom re-open service centre

1st August 2024 Chris Gilili 0

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

25th July 2024 Nokulunga Majola 0

EPWP workers in eThekwini have been protesting for a week now, demanding permanent employment.

Electricity tariff hikes ‘unsustainable’

25th July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

Nersa-approved electricity charges are taking food and clothing out of household budgets.

New Water and Sanitation ministry faces multiple water crises

23rd July 2024 Mpumelelo Mhlalisi 0

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

13th July 2024 Chwayita Dinginto 0

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 

4th July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

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

1st July 2024 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

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.

New Khayelitsha police station has no forensics capacity, computer or phone

26th June 2024 Vincent Lali 0

The new police station in Makhaza that came as result of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry of 2012 is not living up to the recommendations.

Gauteng charities face closure as Dept of Social Development stops funding

19th June 2024 Chris Gilili 0

Gauteng Social Development department has capacity issues, and cannot do the work NGOs do,” says an NGO director.

Court orders WCED to find schools for all unplaced learners

21st May 2024 Chris Gilili 0

Victory for Equal Education, parents and learners as High Court orders Western Cape Education to place learners within 10 days.

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