“We will disrupt the streets until Jesus comes! Eskom should come and engage us”
Diepkloof residents have vowed to continue their blockade of highways until Eskom engages them.
Service delivery
Residents decry potholed roads in Cosmo City
Roads in Cosmo City make travel by car treacherous and residents say nothing has ever been done to repair them.
KZN premier launches 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence
The KZN premier visited the police station with the highest number of reported rape cases as part of the launch of 16 Days of Activism.
EC municipalities squander millions on sub-standard building projects
Construction companies with questionable track records continue to rake it in.
Thandanani residents blame eThekwini for spread of shack fire
A lack of access to water by firefighters was at the centre of the fire that consumed 120 shacks in Durban.
Alex hostel dwellers bemoan basic services
Hostel residents in Alexandra township have been decrying lack of services at the hostels since 1994.
Paralysed mother of four proffered a rescue from living in squalor
The EC Department of Human Settlements has called on the Sundays River Municipality to provide alternative accommodation for the Dlwengu family.
Voting for rubbish collection, electricity and much needed services
Voters around the country say they voted for sanitation, jobs and houses.
Millions paid for substandard and incomplete sports fields by EC municipalities
Residents of Khowa in the Eastern Cape are still waiting for the hand over of the R23-million facility built by Thalami Civils.
Eastern Cape Centane villagers go to court to try get clean water
Three weeks since the court hearing on water provision to Centane, there is still no clean water in their taps.
City plays blame game over heaps of rubbish in Cape Town’s Marikana settlement
Marikana residents say they have had to put up with heaps of rubbish on their doorstep for months now.
Eastern Cape municipality to answer for R15m sportsfield
Eastern Cape municipalities have spent millions on sub-standard and some times useless facilities, built by construction company, Thalami Civils.
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