Toilets have been standing since 1993 without houses in the Hillside RDP project in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape. Photo: Mkhuseli Sizani The Hillside RDP housing project started in 1993 with the offer of R15,000 each to 600 beneficiaries to build themselves a house. People rejected the offer as too low to build a house. They were then told that R13,000 of each subsidy would be … [Read more...] about You chose electricity and toilets instead of houses, families told
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Fifty families share two toilets in Taiwan, Khayelitsha
Residents say the toilets in Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have not been cleaned for five weeks. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik Residents in Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha Site C, Cape Town, say their toilets have not been cleaned for five weeks. More than 50 families are now sharing two communal flush toilets. The City of Cape Town Mayco … [Read more...] about Fifty families share two toilets in Taiwan, Khayelitsha
Parents block N2 to demand scholar transport
Learners and parents in Colchester protest at the local community hall demanding that the Eastern Cape Department of Education provide scholar transport to a school about 10 kilometres away. Photo: Joseph Chirume More than 100 people in Colchester, Eastern Cape, on Monday briefly blocked the N2 freeway in protest against the Eastern Cape Department of Education’s failure to … [Read more...] about Parents block N2 to demand scholar transport
Soweto residents block roads in electricity protest
Residents of Kliptown and Pimville in Soweto protested on Tuesday demanding that City Power restore their electricity immediately. They have been without power for 13 days since a substation burnt. Photo: Chris Gilili Residents of Kliptown and Pimville near Walter Sisulu Square in Soweto protested on Tuesday, demanding that City Power restore electricity immediately. Thousands … [Read more...] about Soweto residents block roads in electricity protest
Labour department rules that classrooms at Limpopo school are too dangerous to use
Sam Mapeka, parent of a learner at Kgwatlhele Primary School in Mokopane, Limpopo, shows the cracks in one of the school blocks. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare After no action for ten years by the Limpopo education department to repair a falling down school, parents called in the labour department. It shut down several parts of the school. The learners are now crowded into the … [Read more...] about Labour department rules that classrooms at Limpopo school are too dangerous to use
