Protests started up again in Phoenix on Wednesday after dying down earlier this week. Photo supplied by a community WhatsApp group. Yet another power outage in Phoenix has sparked fresh protests. Ward 50 was without power from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning, according to a business owner. The ward councillor warned residents that power had to be restored in stages and … [Read more...] about Fresh protests erupt in Phoenix as power outages continue
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Are police operations having a real impact on crime in Delft?
Five men were beaten and set alight in Delft in a vigilante killing last week. Community members and leaders say this occurred because there they do not trust the police’s ability to deal with crime. Photos: Masixole Feni Community members and activists in Delft say there is a breakdown of trust with the police because of their failure to deal with crime. As a result, … [Read more...] about Are police operations having a real impact on crime in Delft?
Fire Gwede Mantashe, say activists
Civil society groups met at Bertha House in Salt River on Wednesday to discuss challenges during loadshedding and how the power crisis could be resolved. Photo: Marecia Damons Civil society groups plan to take to the streets of Cape Town to protest loadshedding ahead of the State of the Nation Address on 9 February. Last week the National Energy Regulator approved Eskom’s … [Read more...] about Fire Gwede Mantashe, say activists
Poo protest in Gqeberha
A woman empties a bucket of excrement on the Uitenhage Road in Gqeberha. Photos: Mkhuseli Sizani “I want these useless municipal officials to feel the same pain of living with a rotten bucket for weeks,” said this woman who was making a second trip to empty the overflowing toilets on to the road. Fed up residents of Govan Mbeki village in Gqeberha emptied buckets of excrement … [Read more...] about Poo protest in Gqeberha
Families desperately trying to keep Eastern Cape school alive
Nomfusi Phasani, who studied at Ixopo Junior Secondary School as a child, still makes mud bricks for the school. Photos: Mkhuseli Sizani Ixopo Junior Secondary School in Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape was built decades ago by villagers, using mud bricks and grass roofs. Since then the Eastern Cape Education Department has added brick classrooms and pit toilets. But the school … [Read more...] about Families desperately trying to keep Eastern Cape school alive
