GROUNDUP SOCIAL WELFARE Khayelitsha youngsters eke out a living carrying water for residents 2 min 0 By Siphokazi Mnyobe for GroundUp
GROSS NEGLIGENCE 4,452 families in need, only 141 food parcels distributed – how the Eastern Cape department of social development is failing the most vulnerable citizens 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE ‘No problem is insurmountable’ — Dr Imtiaz Sooliman on Nelson Mandela Bay's Day Zero 7 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers picket demanding rural allowances 3 min 0 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
EAST LONDON TAVERN TRAGEDY ‘Kuzofiwa’ — a party invitation that foreshadowed deaths of 21 at Eastern Cape nightspot 5 min 4 By Julia Evans
0: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE It’s raining at last in Nelson Mandela Bay, but dam supply will be cut as emergency water plan kicks in 2 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Debt from medical negligence claims threaten ‘collapse’ of EC health service — court rules govt to blame 4 min 0 By Tania Broughton
GROUNDUP RAIL TRAVEL Train service to finally resume in parts of Eastern Cape after seven months 2 min 0 By Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
6: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE Nelson Mandela Bay contractors begin water ‘leaks carnival’ of more than 3,000 repairs in five days 3 min 6 By Estelle Ellis
AUDIT OUTCOMES More than quarter of SA’s municipalities are on brink of financial collapse, warns AG 3 min 5 By Suné Payne
0: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE Volunteers urgently needed to help save Nelson Mandela Bay from Day Zero water crisis 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
0: Countdown to Catastrophe Impofu Dam: This is what an Eastern Cape dam looks like after months of drought 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis and Deon Ferreira
#YOUTHRISING2022 Graduates pushing trolleys to survive – Mthatha youngsters make a plan as unemployment soars 3 min 0 By Hoseya Jubase
0: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE First major dam fails as Nelson Mandela Bay battles near certain water disaster 4 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
14: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE Business Chamber offers to help fix NMB water leaks spilling 80 million litres a day 5 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPIES R US Ramaphosa pleads innocence, says charges laid against him are politically motivated 3 min 20 By Queenin Masuabi
LIVINGSTONE HOSPITAL EC legislature orders provincial health dept to pay for orthopaedic implants to avert ‘humanitarian crisis’ 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
17: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE Minister in talks to take over Nelson Mandela Bay’s water department while DA moves to grab metro with new coalition 7 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
BITTER MEDICINE OP-ED Covid crisis could be the catalyst for a return to rural revolt in South Africa 5 min 0 By Leslie Bank
EASTERN CAPE Patients risk disability and death as orthopaedic services grind to halt over unpaid bills 4 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
ANALYSIS Chaos, decentralised – violent ANC provincial conferences may cost it national power in 2024 elections 5 min 9 By Stephen Grootes