Use the Field, Parents Tell Their Children: The Pit Toilets at This School Are Dangerous
Elunyaweni Primary in Ugie in the Eastern Cape has five full pit latrines for 160 learners; nearby ET Thabane Primary has broken classrooms
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Constitutional Court Slams Government Over Treatment of Disaster Victims
Judge says the authorities were “appallingly uncaring” towards Qumbu residents who lost their homes in a storm in 2022
Social Workers Refuse to Work in Stutterheim Office After Labour Department Finds It Unsafe
Labour department says the building is closed but Eastern Cape Department of Social Development says it’s been cleaned and is open
Joburg residents line the streets and cheer army deployment
A convoy of South African National Defence Force, military police and SAPS move through Eldorado Park, Riverlea and Westbury
Eastern Cape Pensioners Must Give back Road Grader
Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality’s failure to fix roads
Work on Eastern Cape Clinic Stalled Because Health Department Didn’t Pay the Builder
Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic
Hundreds Gather to Remember Children Killed in Shack Blaze
A fire in Shaka’s Head near KwaDukuza killed five people on 28 February
Rural Eastern Cape Children Left to Hitchhike to School
About 80 learners from the Enon farming community have been without scholar transport this year
MPs Criticise Lack of Clarity on Domestic Deployment of the Army
According to SAPS, deployment of soldiers will run from 1 March 2026 to 31 March 2027
R66-Million Lottery Grant for Netball Courts Halted After Investigation
Special Investigating Unit has launched a probe into a grant to Netball SA for a World Cup 2023 legacy project
Woman With Throat Cancer Waits 11 Years for House
Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof
Learners at This Overcrowded School Are Being Taught Outside
“When the rain stops, we wipe our desks and continue with the lesson”
Long Shot: Hawks Probe Fraud Allegations at Shooting Range
The Umzimvubu Local Municipality has already spent millions of rands on the project, but the site remains deserted and incomplete
Pensioners Seize Municipal Vehicle
Eastern Cape villagers refuse to allow the road grader to leave until it finishes fixing their road
Cofimvaba: A Town Without Public Toilets
Last week, the town was down to just two toilets but these have no water
Sewage Is Spilling Into Cofimvaba River
Villagers and livestock have been drinking from rancid river water
SCA Rules Medical Negligence Damages Must Be Paid as Lump Sum
This overturns a high court ruling that the health department would provide treatment at state facilities instead of paying cash damages
How Rural Communities Can Help Fix Their Water Supply
Communities do not have to be passive victims of municipal failures
The Cost of Racial Targets Becomes Clear When a Mere 13 000 Vaccines for 15 Million Cattle Gets Government Jumping for Joy
(Dr Wynand Boshoff, Freedom Front Plus MP and chief spokesperson on agriculture, provides an overview of factors that contributed to the development of the current foot-and-mouth disease crisis) If anything underscores the inadequacy of government’s response to the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, it is last week’s proud announcement that the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was able […]
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Corruption-Riddled Lottery Projects Incomplete Despite Promised R65-Million
After three years of no progress, their fate is still to be decided according to the NLC
Graaff-Reinet Will Always Be Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet will always be Graaff-Reinet – and not Robert Sobukwe Town – to the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). The party, therefore, calls on the people of Graaff-Reinet, the broader Eastern Cape and the rest of South Africa to ignore the name change. This geographical name change along with 20 others – such as East […]
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What the Mbenenge Tribunal Decision Means — And Why It Matters
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge was found not guilty of gross misconduct but he was not exonerated
Tribunal Finds Judge Selby Mbenenge Not Guilty of Gross Misconduct
While cleared of sexual harassment, tribunal finds a “degree of misconduct” for initiating and conducting relationship at work
Philippi Massacre: Families to Bury Loved Ones This Weekend
At the memorial service for Mfanelo Songxengo, one of nine victims shot two weeks ago, community members blamed poor policing for the murders