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OR Tambo District Municipality

Farming for the future — successfully negotiating tradition, hierarchy and ritual in Pondoland

Our Burning Planet

Farming for the future — successfully negotiating tradition, hierarchy and ritual in Pondoland

By Liz McGregor

Shared gumboots, paint buckets and a long walk — how Eastern Cape women collect water

South Africa

Shared gumboots, paint buckets and a long walk — how Eastern Cape women collect water

By Estelle Ellis

Poverty-stricken Port St Johns gogo dead at 91 after endless wait for housing, service delivery

South Africa

Poverty-stricken Port St Johns gogo dead at 91 after endless wait for housing, service delivery

By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase

Port St Johns residents on high alert after heavy downpours stoke fresh fears of severe flooding

South Africa

Port St Johns residents on high alert after heavy downpours stoke fresh fears of severe flooding

By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase

Hawks arrest OR Tambo municipal officials over millions paid for unfinished and unbuilt dams

South Africa

Hawks arrest OR Tambo municipal officials over millions paid for unfinished and unbuilt dams

By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase

‘It was scary,’ say residents as the Eastern Cape is lashed by yet more rain

Our Burning Planet

‘It was scary,’ say residents as the Eastern Cape is lashed by yet more rain

By Tembile Sgqolana

Loss and devastation as Coffee Bay residents begin painful recovery following deadly floods

Maverick Citizen

Loss and devastation as Coffee Bay residents begin painful recovery following deadly floods

By Mkhuseli Sizani

Eastern Cape municipalities pump raw sewage into waterways

South Africa

Eastern Cape municipalities pump raw sewage into waterways

By Tembile Sgqolana

Villages suffer while bloated costs, contractor trouble halt Eastern Cape water project

South Africa

Villages suffer while bloated costs, contractor trouble halt Eastern Cape water project

By Estelle Ellis

Eastern Cape officials still counting losses after floods kill 14 and displace hundreds

South Africa

Eastern Cape officials still counting losses after floods kill 14 and displace hundreds

By Tembile Sgqolana

Police officer and 18-year-old matriculant among seven reported drowned in East London

South Africa

Police officer and 18-year-old matriculant among seven reported drowned in East London

By Tembile Sgqolana

Qunu residents forced to drink from contaminated water source shared by animals

South Africa

Qunu residents forced to drink from contaminated water source shared by animals

By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp