Electricity

Electricity restored to Pietermaritzburg township after months of power cuts

Eskom installed a new transformer in the area in June

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Brief | 1 July 2019

No water, no toilets, no electricity in Qandu-qandu

Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services

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Photo Essay | 1 July 2019

“Everytime I look at these wires, I remember how my grandson died,” says East London grandmother

A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years

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Brief | 28 June 2019

Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests

Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town

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News | 24 June 2019

Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds

“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”

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Photo Essay | 23 June 2019

300 homes share eight pit toilets

Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists

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News | 18 June 2019

Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City

“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Bobani must deliver on his promises to PE shack dwellers, say protesters

Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks

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Brief | 1 April 2019

Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses

“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”

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News | 15 March 2019

Mayor Bobani promises electrificity to two informal settlements in PE

We will not give you our votes if you lie to us, warns protester

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Brief | 13 March 2019

Shack dwellers in King William’s Town won’t relocate for electrification

Upgrade to Kanana Village means a hundred residents need to demolish their shacks

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News | 12 March 2019

Damning report on Eskom air pollution

Coal-fired plants breached legal emission levels 3,200 times in 21 months

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News | 26 February 2019

Load shedding is killing small businesses

“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”

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News | 15 February 2019

Picket against new coal stations at energy summit

Coal-fired power plant plans are “dragging the country’s efforts to address climate change backwards”

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Brief | 11 December 2018

Fire victims at Overcome Heights want electricity and water restored

It has been a month since a fire displaced 800 people

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Brief | 3 December 2018

Westville residents threaten further protests

Port Elizabeth informal settlement divided on relocation and development

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News | 29 November 2018