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Eskom announced on Monday that it was withdrawing services from Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha after the security vehicle accompanying the power utility’s workers in the area was hijacked. (Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik)

Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack

On Monday, a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked

Construction of the Matatiele sports centre started in 2028 and is yet to be finished. Photos by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Matatiele sports centre remains unfinished after six years and R37 million spent

The municipality says more than R35-million has been spent so far, but residents nearby say no workers have been on site since April

The officers told GroundUp they haven’t issued a ticket since 2022 for any of the common offences from reckless driving and illegal parking to un-roadworthy vehicles and moving violations. File photo

The traffic department that hasn’t issued tickets for years

Officers say there is no daily parade, no work plan and no duties are delegated to them. They have no ticket books and they lack even a card identifying them as officers

The Matatiele Local Municipality’s head of good governance, PR Councillor Mzwamandla Nyembezi (ANC), is under investigation by COGTA and the Hawks for allegedly benefitting from R3.5-million in tenders. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik.

Municipality’s head of good governance allegedly scored R3.5-million in tenders

The PR councillor will continue working at Matatiele Local Municipality while the Hawks and COGTA investigate

Mntla Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Photos by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Parents fear for safety of children at squalid Eastern Cape school

Ceilings are caving in and walls collapsing at Mntla Primary School, Ngqamakhwe

Taps have been dry for years in Frazer informal settlement

The eThekwini Municipality says projects are underway to build proper water infrastructure

Residents have objected to Ntabankulu Local Municipality hiring a municipal manager who is facing a corruption trial. Photo supplied

Eastern Cape municipality hires manager facing corruption charges

Ntabankulu Local Municipality says it has done nothing wrong, but residents are protesting over the appointment

The unfinished Ngqamakhwe police station is now a drug den. Photos: Manqulo Nyakombi

Millions spent but 11 years later, police station is a drug den

The meant-to-be newly renovated Ngqamakhwe police station has been stripped by vandals after construction work stopped

Distress: A bridge (above) north of Durban was one of many destroyed by the 2022 floods.
Infrastructure to roads alone is estimated at R5.6-billion. (Marco Longari/AFP)

Public protector probes 2022 KZN flood relief efforts

The auditor general found KwaZulu-Natal only spent R251 million of the R5.8 billion budget designated after the disaster

Simbongile Mancotywa, from Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape, was murdered on 9 May 2020. Photo supplied

DNA bungling delays justice for family of slain mother

‘Three years later, the suspect is roaming outside’

Lack of diesel to run a water pump to fill this tank is one of the reasons taps have stayed dry in Mnyamaneni, despite nearly R6-million spent on a water project since 2020. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

No diesel to run pump for R6m Eastern Cape water project

The taps in the village of Mnyamaneni near Matatiele have never had water flow from them