East London motorists are up in arms over the shocking condition of the city's roads, with huge potholes endangering lives and costing a fortune in vehicle and tyre repairs.Voortrekker Road, especially from the Highgate Hotel to the Johnson & Johnson factory, is notorious.
An Eastern Cape municipality says it is owed more than R4.2m for water and sanitation by 149 schools, describing the delays in settling the debt as mere negligence.
A disabled high-school pupil has told of being discharged from Cecilia Makiwane Hospital following an abdominal operation without being given spare colostomy bags.