FOUND! Alize van der Merwe and a second kidnapping victim dropped off at police station in Eastern Cape 2 min 19 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP One-armed Eastern Cape man has to build his own house after housing project stalls 4 min 3 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
EASTERN CAPE CRIME Police kill four suspected kidnappers in Eastern Cape, Hawks investigating 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
RENT ARREARS Eastern Cape government sued for R138m after departments cancel building lease 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
BHEKISISA Could smart lockers help South Africans stay on their chronic meds? 6 min 0 By Christina Pitt
SIMON, HERE WE COME A cappella school choir learners to showcase SA’s captivating Gwijo style at America’s Got Talent 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
CRIME FIGHTBACK OP-ED Resilience and unity in the face of violence — standing strong in the Eastern Cape village of Nqileni 4 min 0 By Tess Peacock
‘VIOLATION OF RIGHTS’ Eastern Cape considers excluding more learners from scholar transport service, court told 5 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
LOST AT SEA Thousands of pill bottles wash up on Eastern Cape beaches after stormy seas batter cargo ships 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
ROAD TO HELL The horrific state of Nelson Mandela Bay’s R75 route — vandalised, dark and dangerous 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
EXTORTION SCOURGE Police shoot dead Mthatha ‘traditional leader’ implicated in school extortion scheme 3 min 30 By Estelle Ellis
ROCK OF AGES Finding Meteorite Nqweba — the case of a curious child, a warm stone and a piece of tinfoil 5 min 7 By Estelle Ellis
CORRUPTION NATION Police and business turn the screws on extortion mafia terrorising all corners of SA 9 min 31 By Caryn Dolley and Estelle Ellis
WILD COAST TOURISM Eastern Cape’s iconic Mazeppa Bay Hotel set to reopen with new operator 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
HUNGER FOR CHANGE Tholeni, the Eastern Cape’s ‘village of death’, gets a much-needed infusion of hope 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
AUGUST BY-ELECTIONS ANC, DA sweep wards in Eastern Cape, Nelson Mandela Bay, but both get a big PA scare in Kou-Kamma 7 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
SAHRC INQUIRY Mthatha students claim police shot at them with live ammunition during chaotic protest on N2 in May 5 min 6 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Eastern Cape villagers fed up with poor water delivery — ‘our constitutional rights have been violated’ 2 min 1 By Tsoanelo Sefoloko
LETTERS FROM THE KAROO OP-ED Let’s revive our small Platteland towns through agriculture and agritourism 3 min 2 By Wandile Sihlobo
GROUNDUP Railway line theft accused using ‘Stalingrad tactics’, court hears in review application 3 min 7 By Steve Kretzmann and Joseph Chirume
GROUNDUP Eight years and counting – raw sewage pouring continuously into Butterworth river 3 min 2 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp