HEALTH
Dire state of R240m nightmare
Lofty promises of a R240m new hospital to replace a crumbling Madwaleni Hospital in Elliotdale have turned to dust.
WATCH | Frere Hospital patients wait, and wait
Twenty-six patients, many with broken or dislocated bones or flesh wounds, lie on the floor, benches and stretchers in ...
Foundation of hope crumbles
The only thing growing on the site of a promised R740-million upgrade of St Elizabeth Hospital in Lusikisiki for the ...
Health last at nurses’ residence
Blocked toilets with faeces overflowing and having to use buckets to relieve themselves, flea-infested rooms, about 50 ...
WATCH | Fears grow at hospital of hell
Patients at a crumbling Nessie Knight Hospital in Qumbu live in terror that the hospital will collapse on them.
R4bn cost for a mess
A grand government promise of a R4bn-upgrade of dilapidated and collapsing provincial hospitals is riddled with lies.
Hospitals in bed, staff crisis
Two “underdeveloped” Eastern Cape hospitals have been identified as the reason for the bed shortage crisis at Frere ...
Parents’ battle for better facility thrown in officials’ laps
Parents from the “rotten” Zanokhanyo Junior Secondary School in Butterworth are taking their fight for a better school ...
WATCH | Frere Hospital patients wait, and wait
Twenty-six patients, many with broken or dislocated bones or flesh wounds, lie on the floor, benches and stretchers in ...
Frere Hospital finds beds for ‘long-suffering’ patients
The orthopaedic patients found lying in Frere Hospital’s overcrowded corridors earlier this week were whisked away to ...
Parents urge MEC to use school toilet
Parents of 471 pupils at a Butterworth school have thrown down the gauntlet and challenged education MEC Fundile Gade ...
WATCH | Classrooms burning at troubled Atwell Madala High School
Nine prefab classes are on fire at Atwell Madala High School in Mthatha.
Matrics still waiting for textbooks – 12 weeks before final exams
With less than three months before thousands of Eastern Cape matric pupils sit down for their year-end exams, three ...
10 classrooms burned after pupils demand new school
Ten prefab classrooms at troubled Atwell Madala High were razed to the ground on Tuesday morning.
Eastern Cape schools becoming dangerous war zones
Poor or rich, Eastern Cape schools have become a war zone, and the education department is fighting back.
Taps run dry in Butterworth - residents demand answers
Residents of Butterworth on Monday closed the busy N2 from East London to Mthatha with burning tyres, demanding that ...
WATCH | Fury over lost R350m
A multimillion-rand mega water scheme meant to solve the water crisis in Mnquma has been dealt a body blow. The water ...
No water in village, but authorities deny it
Scores of residents in KwaNyoka village in Cofimvaba have been left high and dry by water cuts.
No Water in the taps
The collapse of the Amathole District Municipality’s water supply system in the midst of a drought and a strike is ...
Makhanda residents restricted to 25 litres of water a day
Makhanda residents have been urged to cut water consumption to just 25 litres per person per day or a maximum of 100 ...
R1.2bn to tackle EC water shortages
Premier Phumulo Masualle’s provincial government has injected R1.2bn to help 10 drought-stricken areas deal with ...
No flushing toilets as Makhanda school is hit by water shortages
Makhanda’s unreliable water supply is causing serious sanitation problems for a local school.
Cradock, Middelburg children becoming ill
The water crisis in the Inxuba Yethemba municipality is deepening, with boreholes that service the communities of ...
Cradock residents vent frustration over lack of water
Irate Hillside township residents in Cradock barricaded roads with burning tyres demanding water from the Chris Hani ...