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Elliotdale

‘We just want a tar road’ - Eastern Cape’s Elliotdale residents express their plight in protest

South Africa

‘We just want a tar road’ - Eastern Cape’s Elliotdale residents express their plight in protest

By Estelle Ellis

‘Children are dying’: Eastern Cape community pleads for almost a decade for speed humps outside school

South Africa

‘Children are dying’: Eastern Cape community pleads for almost a decade for speed humps outside school

By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase

Disabled Eastern Cape learner desperate for grade 8 placement after years-long wait

South Africa

Disabled Eastern Cape learner desperate for grade 8 placement after years-long wait

By Daniel Steyn and Mkhuseli Sizani

Sassa pay point closures in rural Eastern Cape proving ‘catastrophic’ for pensioners

South Africa

Sassa pay point closures in rural Eastern Cape proving ‘catastrophic’ for pensioners

By Mkhuseli Sizani and Daniel Steyn

Keeping it in the family: Outrage after Eastern Cape municipality resolves to sell land to councillors and officials only

South Africa

Keeping it in the family: Outrage after Eastern Cape municipality resolves to sell land to councillors and officials only

By Tembile Sgqolana

A mother’s place? Meet the women fighting for space at SA’s rural hospitals

South Africa

A mother’s place? Meet the women fighting for space at SA’s rural hospitals

By Joan van Dyk for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

A Tale of two Schools: Tears, fears and some light in the darkness

South Africa

A Tale of two Schools: Tears, fears and some light in the darkness

By Ziyanda Zweni