Service delivery
As 15 by-elections held across SA, Delft community has little hope for change
Eyewitness News visited one of the voting stations in Delft and asked residents whether they were planning on casting their ballots.
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Salga raises concerns over councillors' lack of skills
Salga CEO Xolile George said that while councillors did not require any particular qualification, their lack of skills had become a problem.
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'Service delivery is worse' - Meqheleng residents 10 years after Tatane’s death
On 13 April 2011, Tatane took his last breath outside the office of the local municipality after he was struck by a police rubber bullet in the chest.
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Running on empty: Soweto primary school’s 6-year wait for water
Goza Primary School in Devland in Soweto has been fighting for proper access to water and sanitation since 2014. With 1,400 pupils to care for, it is facing a crisis. Eyewitness News visited the school to find out more.
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Running on empty: Soweto primary school’s 6-year wait for water access
Goza Primary School in Devland in Soweto has been fighting for proper access to water and sanitation since 2014. With 1,400 pupils to care for, it is facing a crisis. Eyewitness News visited the school to find out more. #WaterCrisis #BasicRights
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KHAYA XABA: 28 years after Chris Hani’s assassination, how is SA faring?
It’s important to undertake a frank assessment of some of the most pressing South African issues that our beloved Cde Chris Thembisile Hani fought for, writes Khaya Xaba.
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Stats SA: Municipalities expanding service delivery, but less free services
Deputy Director-General for Economic Statistics, Joe de Beer, said that 6.9 million consumers benefitted from free water in 2006, but this number dropped to just over 3 million in 2019.
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JMPD officers monitor Klipspruit Valley following overnight protests
The JMPD said one of the drivers was forcefully removed by the protesters.
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Several roads in Soweto blocked due to protest over electricity
Elias Motsoaledi Road has been cordoned off with rocks and stones.
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ANC NW: Internal battles threatening governance and service delivery
They have told Eyewitness News that the infighting between the internal provincial council and its detractors had intensified in the province ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference.
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Some Makhanda residents without water for at least 6 days
The situation, which has been ongoing since 2019, seems to be getting more serious.
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Poor relations between traditional authorities, local govt hurting services - PP
In a self-initiated investigation, the Chapter 9 institution looked into how the two could be strengthened for the benefit of people at the grassroots level.
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Gauteng govt to help struggling Emfuleni, but will not give a bailout - Maile
The provincial government said it will be spending money to assist the community with service delivery and to better manage their finances, but it won’t be paying the bills for them.
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3 trucks torched in Boksburg during service delivery protest
Residents of an informal settlement started barricading the roads on Tuesday night.
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Families of 3 children electrocuted in PMB say deaths could have been avoided
The bodies of six-year-old Gift Dlamini and eight-year-olds, Ernest Dekwa and Buhlebuyeza Jili, were recovered from a stream, which contained illegal electric cables on Saturday.
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About 200 staff attacked across CT metro in 2020 so far - CoCT
Robberies at gunpoint, attempted hijackings, pelting of vehicles with stones and bricks and assaults from protesting crowds are some of the attacks that city staff have had to endure this year.
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Emfuleni residents: ‘All we are asking for is basic services’
Residents living in the Vaal under the Emfuleni Municipality say they feel abandoned by government due to poor service delivery in the area. So frustrated are the residents that many of them have decided to stop voting, saying that it has brought no positive change to their community.
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Water shortages & no electricity: Evaton residents lament lack of services
The municipality’s financial problems have brought service delivery in communities in the Vaal to its knees.
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Msimanga: My priority is to ensure effective service delivery across Gauteng
Msimanga a former Tshwane Mayor was elected during the party's virtual congress.
