APPEAL BID DENIED Aberdeen farmer, once accused of trying to kill Jacob Zuma, refused bail in sex trafficking case 3 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Pit toilet nightmare at Eastern Cape school solved thanks to civil society 2 min 2 By Yamkela Ntshongwana and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
ROUTES TO DIGNITY OP-ED Rural roads are lifelines – a call for change in the Eastern Cape 4 min 8 By Tinotenda M Muringani and Alana Potter
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Two floods later, Nelson Mandela Bay metro still clings to drought’s punitive water tariffs 7 min 6 By Estelle Ellis
ROAD MAINTENANCE NMB metro, businesses fix traffic light after two years of chaos 2 min 3 By Siyabonga Goni
NOVEMBER BY-ELECTIONS Patriotic Alliance piles pressure on DA, ANC as its growth surge continues in Western and Eastern Cape wards 8 min 5 By Wayne Sussman
TAP CARD, SWIPE CASH Yoco helps cops catch alleged conmen who took Eastern Cape hotel boss for R1.2m 3 min 10 By Estelle Ellis
OOPS, I PAINTED AGAIN Karoo councillor fined once more — for repainting pedestrian crossing and parking spaces at church 3 min 54 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Still no power for 200 Eastern Cape RDP homes after waiting more than six months for Eskom supply 2 min 2 By Johnnie Isaac
EASTERN CAPE CRISIS Komani declares a legal war against ‘rogue’ councillors after years of service delivery failure 4 min 21 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Life On hold - 12 learners have been waiting for their matric certificates for three years 2 min 0 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
PARADISE REGAINED Residents, police and security firm win war against violent gang that terrorised the Wild Coast 7 min 16 By Estelle Ellis
RABIES FEARS Eastern Cape authorities on high alert after suspected rabid donkey attacks people 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
BHEKISISA Mentor mothers — Why you won’t find a child born with HIV in this village 8 min 1 By Zano Kunene
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SIU wins appeal to have R92m Eastern Cape road fleet contract nullified 4 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
MASS MURDERS ‘Mastermind planned Lusikisiki Massacre from prison’ — investigators turn attention to money trail 4 min 8 By Estelle Ellis
BITYI ATTACKS Mandela relative and traditional leader, Mtirara, gunned down in Eastern Cape crime spree 2 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
ROADS TO HELL Human rights commission proposes once-off fuel levy to fix horrific Eastern Cape roads 6 min 22 By Estelle Ellis
CRIME HOTSPOT Nelson Mandela Bay tourism staggers under crime onslaught – calls for beachfront police unit 4 min 18 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP R66-million spent, yet villagers in Ngcobo still face water crisis amid broken promises 4 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION SIU launches comprehensive investigation into Makana municipality's five-year service delivery crisis 7 min 11 By Estelle Ellis