Citizen action, where diverse groups work together, offers hope that municipalities can be forced to do their job properly
Landmark judgment paves the way for South Africans
to use legal system to hold councils responsible
Local government has long been the site of gross mismanagement and corruption. Both of these deny people their hopes and dreams and can lead to them also losing their lives.
The National Arts Festival offers space for reflection about our fractious global moment
This year’s National Arts Festival is going ahead despite the drought that is plaguing Makhanda
After being promised reimbursement for financial assistance, Gift of the Givers has been left high and dry by the water and sanitation department
The Eastern Cape department of education has agreed to provide transport to pupils who are walking 10km or more to school
The Unemployed People’s Movement has filed an application for a re-election to take place in the troubled ANC-led municipality
We’re driving the collapse of our planet at an unprecedented scale, threatening human society. And little is being done about it
Some schools have been applying for scholar transport since 2011 — to no avail
It’s 200 years since the Xhosa were driven from their land and it has not yet been restored to them
‘Here in Joza we are treated as children of a lesser god. I won’t leave because if I leave who is going to take care of the youth?’
The town can’t afford to fix trucks to deliver water and mismanagement forces people to walk long distances to collect the precious resource
The pace of renaming places to rid them of their colonial and apartheid past is too slow
Has the university, rocked by protests in 2016, done enough to address gender violence?
A daughter of the 1820 Settlers looks at events that ruthlessly shaped the lives of those linked to the Kowie River
How do local creatives use their craft to sustain them for the remaining 354 days when there isn’t an international audience in Makhanda?