A Shutdown of All Moving Things
The community of Rethabiseng township, Bronkhorstspruit, under the Tshwane municipality, has not had water for a number of days now.
Will they finish it in time?
Electricity, or lack of electricity has been a big issue from long time ago for the community of Rethabiseng in Bronkhorspruit (in Tshwane).
Rethabiseng Electricity Contractors Stopped by Political Pressure Group
The community of Rethabiseng (near Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria) has been in danger with broken electricity…
Health Department Delivers for Some CHWs but Disappoints Others
On 2 December 2020, community healthcare workers (CHW) at the Bronkhorstspruit Hospital finally received their…
Health Department poorly organises CHWs induction
The Dark City Masakhane Community Hall in Region 7 (in the Westrand of Gauteng) was…
Department of Health Plays Hide and Seek
Why does the Department of Health (DoH) like to drag its legs when it comes to Community Healthcare Workers…
How COVID-19 Affected a Local Business
A 32-year-old, Bangladeshi man runs a small grocery store in corner Mooi and Pritchard, in…
Stolen Computers Affects Clinic Administration
Rethabiseng Clinic in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, got robbed of computers on 12 October 2020…
Municipality Uses Political Pressure Groups to Talk to Community
The community of Rethabiseng (east of Pretoria) had a public meeting on 29 September 2020…
Rethabiseng Residents Abandoned by Municipality
Rethabiseng, Proper Section (East of Pretoria) residents have had a water crisis since April 2020. Residents have to go to another section to get water or run after the water tank, and if you don’t have a wheel borrow it’s hard to collect water…
Rethabiseng Community Finally Have Portable Toilets
“In Rethabiseng, there is a lot of development that needs to be done. Many of the leaders have failed the community; and there are claims of corruption with regards to the provision of toilets and other social services…”
Lockdown leads to hunger in Rethabiseng and Zithobeni
“Things got out of control and there was no social distancing as everybody wanted to touch the community hall gates. There was no one who was controlling the queue, and everybody is desperate to get food parcel as they wait at…”
