Maverick News Human rights commission proposes once-off fuel levy to fix horrific Eastern Cape roads 6 min 21 By Estelle Ellis
South Africa Eight years and counting – raw sewage pouring continuously into Butterworth river 3 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
Maverick News Butterworth’s crumbling apartheid-era flats are ‘a ticking time bomb’ amid fight over rent 4 min 2 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
South Africa Families evicted in 2011 to make way for mall still waiting for promised homes 5 min 0 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
Maverick Citizen Four brothers shot, three killed in shooting at initiation school near Butterworth 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
Maverick News EC children endure near-constant hunger as National School Nutrition Programme dishes meagre portions 4 min 0 By Sonia A Rao and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Maverick Citizen Gift of the Givers starts food programme in Butterworth village where desperate mom killed herself and her children 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Butterworth mom desperately cried for help before family murders, suicide - Social Development MEC 4 min 3 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
Maverick Citizen Desperate Eastern Cape mom kills starving children and hangs herself 5 min 14 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
Maverick News EC municipality provided one tap for 1,000 desperate families — and it’s been dry for seven years 2 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
Maverick Citizen Butterworth matrics to rewrite Life Orientation paper after assessment bungle 4 min 0 By Hoseya Jubase
Maverick Citizen Seven children starve to death, others fight for their lives while malnutrition ravages Eastern Cape 4 min 9 By Estelle Ellis
South Africa Promises, promises: Butterworth residents still waiting for housing after more than a decade 3 min 2 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
Our Burning Planet More delays in bringing Eastern Cape project online to provide desperately needed water to villages 3 min 1 By Tembile Sgqolana
Maverick Citizen Families struggle to identify loved ones after Eastern Cape horror bus crash 4 min 1 By Hoseya Jubase & Estelle Ellis
South Africa Mud school has only one broken toilet shared between 175 learners and staff 3 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
Maverick Citizen Death threats, protests and rubber bullets as Butterworth residents struggle for water 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Water woes continue for parched communities – despite emergency plan 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
Maverick Citizen Eastern Cape bus disaster: ‘Grant day a painful reminder of those we lost’ 8 min 0 By Siyamthanda Capa
South Africa This drought is driven by the climate crisis, not just bad weather 4 min 0 By Siyabulela Manona
