DEVASTATING PLAGUE Eastern Cape farmers slam grounding of spraying helicopters, plead for more help to fight locust swarms 4 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
HUNGER Seven children starve to death, others fight for their lives while malnutrition ravages Eastern Cape 4 min 9 By Estelle Ellis
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OP-ED Awakening the African canon: Preserving and reviving the rich isiXhosa literary history of the Eastern Cape 5 min 1 By Pamela Maseko
SPRINGBOK PROFILE Documentary on Makazole Mapimpi highlights tough start but his story is far from over 7 min 0 By Jon Cardinelli
NON-DELIVERY Nine years later — completion cost for ‘six-month’ Eastern Cape road project shoots up to R20m a kilometre 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
AEROMEDICAL SERVICES Litigation issues delayed cancellation of botched air ambulance contract - Eastern Cape MEC 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
MAKHANDA CRISIS Judge to oversee the financial recovery of ‘failed’ Makana Municipality 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Poor abortion access in Eastern Cape fuels illegal and unsafe terminations 5 min 0 By Khanyisa Mapipa, Sibusisiwe Ndlela and Thokozile Mtsolongo
SPOTLIGHT Crumbling Eastern Cape mud clinics ‘far from ideal’, say frustrated residents 7 min 0 By Luvuyo Mehlwana for Spotlight
EASTERN CAPE Court interdicts premier and two MECs from interfering in debt-ridden municipality 3 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
BOIL BEFORE DRINKING ‘It’s brown, but you can drink it’ — Nelson Mandela Bay water woes continue 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
BOIL BEFORE DRINKING Revealed test results show Nelson Mandela Bay turned a blind eye to dodgy water quality 4 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
UNEMPLOYMENT The women on the side of the road – surviving on scrap metal and R350 a month 4 min 1 By Hoseya Jubase & Estelle Ellis
SERVICE DELIVERY FAILURE Impoverished Karoo communities in jeopardy as post offices run into financial trouble 5 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
DELIVERY FAILURE Communities take Eastern Cape education department to court over non-delivery of stationery and textbooks 7 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
JUSTICE TRACKER Daily roll call of arrests, NPA prosecutions and convictions – 24 February 2022 3 min 1 By Daily Maverick Staff Reporter
BOIL BEFORE DRINKING Child dies of E. coli infection in Nelson Mandela Bay — mayor advises residents to add bleach to water 5 min 1 By Estelle Ellis and Luvuyo Mehlwana
SPOTLIGHT ANALYSIS What does a security guard strike reveal about the Eastern Cape health department? 5 min 0 By Luvuyo Mehlwana for Spotlight
BOIL BEFORE DRINKING Nelson Mandela Bay’s water ‘could present a risk to human health’ 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
COUNCIL MELTDOWN Enoch Mgijima Municipality takes Eastern Cape government to court over botched administration 5 min 2 By Tembile Sgqolana
GROUNDUP: DANGEROUS TOILETS Pit latrines a daily hazard in Eastern Cape schools — stakeholders say government not taking issue seriously 3 min 1 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
