Hundreds of people, including learners, can’t get to work, school, or health facilities after the uNgqeqe bridge near Lupapasi Village collapsed on 8 February during heavy rainfall. Photo: Yonela Ngqukuvana Officials in the Eastern Cape Department of Transport say they may approach the national government to help fix collapsed bridges and other infrastructure damaged during … [Read more...] about Hundreds stranded in Eastern Cape village after bridge collapses during torrential rains
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Small Eastern Cape municipality spends more than R1-million on a meeting in a Durban hotel
A R21-million sports centre started in 2019 in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape has still not been completed. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik The small Matatiele municipality in the Eastern Cape spent at least R1-million on an annual planning meeting in Durban this month. The municipality says this will not affect municipal projects and that the town is well-run. But several … [Read more...] about Small Eastern Cape municipality spends more than R1-million on a meeting in a Durban hotel
Our hospital can’t cope, say Atlantis residents
Atlantis community activist Allison Adams has launched an online petition calling on the City of Cape Town to transfer two clinics to the Western Cape Department of Health. Photo: Peter Luhanga Atlantis has two City-run clinics that offer general health services such as HIV, child and basic antenatal care. For most health issues people have to go to Wesfleur Hospital and it is … [Read more...] about Our hospital can’t cope, say Atlantis residents
A day in the life of a Cape Town waste collector
Avuyile Masekwane burns rubbish in Burundi, in Mfuleni in Cape Town. Photos: Masixole Feni This is Avuyile Masekwane’s last month as a refuse collector in Mfuleni, Cape Town. Though the work is difficult and demanding, she will be sorry when her 12-month contract ends at the end of February. Twenty-seven-year-old Masekwane works for the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) … [Read more...] about A day in the life of a Cape Town waste collector
Ronald Lamola’s promise to protect whistleblowers is good news. Especially coming from him
Minister of Correctional Services Ronald Lamola has promised that whistleblowers will be protected. Photo from government website Justice Minister Ronald Lamola promised at the weekend that more will be done to protect whistleblowers who expose corruption. This is a welcome announcement from Lamola, whose former law firm has in the past represented the corruption-ridden … [Read more...] about Ronald Lamola’s promise to protect whistleblowers is good news. Especially coming from him
