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Ngqamakhwe Regional Water Scheme has the Amathole District Municipality and the Department of Water at loggerheads. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik The Ngqamakhwe Regional Water Scheme was meant to be completed in March to supply water to 130 villages. The Amathole District Municipality says it wants to bring in a private contractor because the Department of Water has only … [Read more...] about Amathole Municipality and Department of Water blame each other for leaving villages dry

Children with disabilities enjoy free riding lessons at the South African Riding for the Disabled Association in Durban. Photo: Nokulunga Majola “You make the world of difference one day of the week in the lives of the Browns Pre-Primary children, and for this I thank you,” Browns School teacher Fiona Muhl tells the volunteers at the South African Riding for the Disabled … [Read more...] about Horses work “magic” for children with disabilities

Families use what’s left of the fence to hang their washing at the neglected Gugulethu Cemetery. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana Boys play soccer in the neglected Gugulethu Cemetery, people use it as a short cut, and families hang washing on what’s left of its fence. Now Gugulethu residents have started a petition asking the City of Cape Town to pay more attention to the … [Read more...] about Boys play soccer in neglected Gugulethu Cemetery

Shack dwellers and homeowners from Kleinskool in Gqeberha blocked the Old Uitenhage Road on Wednesday to demand electricity, houses and that blocked drains in the area be fixed permanently. Photos: Mkhuseli Sizani About 300 shack dwellers and homeowners from Kleinskool in Gqeberha blocked the Old Uitenhage Road with burning tyres, rocks and branches before sunrise on … [Read more...] about Pigs swim in the sewage outside my house, says protester

The chair of the Somali Community Services association, Said Mohamed, says he gets complaints daily from Somali immigrants battling to get appointments at the Gqeberha Refugee Reception Office. Photo: Joseph Chirume Somali immigrants are battling to get appointments at the Gqeberha Refugee Reception Office, leaving many without legal documentation. The Somali Community … [Read more...] about Gqeberha refugee office is a nightmare for Somali immigrants