Articles for Chris Gilili

Rubbish piles up in East London

Duncan village may have to wait until next year for illegal dump sites to be cleared

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Brief | 30 July 2018

“I am a mother to myself, my siblings and also to our father”

Minor children care for their paralysed father in one-room shack

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News | 26 July 2018

East London’s hostels left to crumble

“It’s been years really since we fixed them, but it will happen soon,” says councillor

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News | 26 July 2018

Family of ten live with TB in one shack

“All I need is a healthy place where I can live with my children”

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Brief | 25 July 2018

“We can never vote while breathing human waste every day”

Sewer overflowing since last year say East London residents

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Brief | 23 July 2018

Court orders end to mud schools

Equal Education scores major victory in Bhisho

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Brief | 19 July 2018

Exams postponed at Fort Hare

Students refuse to write during strike by university workers

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Brief | 17 July 2018

East London taxi commuters left wet and unhappy

Municipality says it will start construction of a shelter this financial year

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Brief | 12 July 2018

More than 80 families use one toilet

The families living in the temporary shelters in Braelyn were moved there after their shacks burnt down in 2013

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News | 11 July 2018

Mobile clinic stays away in bad weather, say residents

Eastern Cape government says no new clinics will be built in 2018

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Brief | 11 July 2018

Hundreds attend free medical screening in Duncan Village

The screening was organised by the Kings Palace Chapel International (KPCI) church

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Brief | 2 July 2018

Duncan Village residents claim homes were “given away”

Two families are demanding answers after they claim the home numbers given to them by the municipality were already occupied

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Brief | 2 July 2018

Illegal electricity connections overloads new Duncan Village transformer

The municipality intalled a new supply transformer two weeks ago, but it cut out a week later, say residents.

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Brief | 28 June 2018

Roads ridden with potholes in Duncan Village, say residents

The municipality says it has budgeted to fix some of the roads in the township this year.

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Brief | 25 June 2018

“This area is used as a dumpsite” says Mandela Park resident

Residents accuse the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of neglecting their informal settlement. They believe politicians only visit the area to garner votes.

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News | 25 June 2018

Land occupiers say they won’t move from Ramaphosa Square

Ward councillor says land they’ve occupied was meant for development

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News | 21 June 2018