MUNICIPAL MESS Sea of troubles after Eastern Cape’s first desalination plant forced to close 4 min 7 By Estelle Ellis
POWER CRISIS Why an Eastern Cape municipality that owes Eskom R890m cannot foot its electricity bill 4 min 7 By Tembile Sgqolana and Estelle Ellis
GRADE GUNS A 100% pass after just two matric cohorts — meet the E Cape’s Bulungula super-achievers 6 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
JANUARY BY-ELECTIONS EFF retains key Polokwane ward, makes inroads in another Limpopo ward as ANC notches landslide E Cape win 6 min 2 By Wayne Sussman
THEATRICAL & THE ABSURD ‘End the witchcraft’ and protect Mantashe from climate activists, Mbalula urges ANC members 5 min 8 By Tembile Sgqolana
DODGING BULLETS Port St Johns arson attack leaves schoolchildren traumatised and without uniforms, shoes 4 min 0 By Hoseya Jubase
GROUNDUP Desperate Gqeberha residents stage poo protest as municipality appears to shun service delivery duties 2 min 0 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
EASTERN CAPE ARSON Forty-nine Port St Johns homes burnt down in ‘stock theft dispute’ 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
HAZARDOUS SANDS Beachgoers warned after medical waste washes up on Wild Coast shores 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
REFLECTION There is nothing charming about candlelit dinners in my town in the Eastern Cape, where blackouts last for weeks 4 min 2 By Tembile Sgqolana
BUNDU BASHING Watching 4x4s on a winding, dusty road, a village boy found a lifelong passion 4 min 0 By Mokgadi Mogy Mashako
INITIATION SEASON Eastern Cape initiate found hanged in tree; another disappears after traditional circumcision 4 min 0 By Hoseya Jubase
ROAD TO ELECTIVE CONFERENCE Mashatile demands answers on why the ANC’s Amathole Region was dissolved 3 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
HIDDEN HISTORY The relentless activism of Dan Qeqe, the man who transformed Port Elizabeth 8 min 0 By Buntu Siwisa
BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL Desperate children are eating cow dung to line their stomach for lifesaving medicine, say researchers 7 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
THE HIGHWAYMEN PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Episode 6: Gwede Mantashe’s island of angels 13 min 0 By Richard Poplak and Diana Neille
GROUNDUP Long walk to education — rural EC learners travel on foot 20km to and from school daily 3 min 3 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
EASTERN CAPE Ngcobo woman charged with killing her four children dies unexpectedly in police custody 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
EASTERN CAPE Premier Mabuyane promises support to Eastern Cape mom who bludgeoned children to death 3 min 0 By Siyabonga Kamnqa and Hoseya Jubase
