A promise made by Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk to rid the city of all potholes by Christmas Eve has fallen short, with not even half of them fixed.
While the much-anticipated temporary homeless shelter is set to open its doors at the start of the New Year, in the meantime the homeless of Knysna will have to spend Christmas without a place to stay.
Fisticuffs have broken out among Knysna residents over water supply disruptions in parts of the Garden Route town, which has also been hit by a number of sewage spills, triggering calls for it to be declared a disaster area.
Over 300 residents from Kgabalatsane, Itireleng, Kagisanong and Nkandla, in Madibeng local municipality, took to the streets in protest over electricity and water outages.