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Cost of funerals in South Africa a grave concern
With the cost of living rising, many families can’t afford to bury their loved ones and assistance is needed
A landscape is politicised through events taking place in: Senzo Shabangu’s ‘ Humble Abode’ exhibition
Senzo Shabangu’s solo exhibition, showing as part of the National Arts Festival, interrogates the contradictions of life in Makhanda
The Great Tax(i) Uprising in the Eastern Cape
The unfolding of events at recent protest in Makhanda ended up scoring cheap political points for a select few, while ignoring the real grievances
The system to save failed councils needs a significant overhaul
Researchers found that interventions only come after the municipality has already collapsed, that the turnaround time is impossibly short, and that constitutional steps have been…
Police respond to rural water protests with bullets
The coronavirus has hit the Eastern Cape hard, but many rural areas in the province still have no clean water for hand washing, forcing residents to break lockdown regulations to…
The Makhanda disaster cannot be ignored
The municipality turned a deaf ear to residents’ cries — until they united and took it to court
Makana municipal mess up has lessons for local government
Citizen action, where diverse groups work together, offers hope that municipalities can be forced to do their job properly
Court dissolves local municipality
Landmark judgment paves the way for South Africans to use legal system to hold councils responsible