Chaos erupted at Westville informal settlement in Gqeberha on Tuesday when over 200 protesters took to the streets, demanding service.

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Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s Christmas message highlighted the government’s strides in service delivery.

Protection rackets are demanding tens of thousands of rands before they will allow toilet-cleaning companies in Khayelitsha to operate.

The DA reports that participants in the Soweto Marathon were forced to run through raw sewerage this past weekend.

Provincial police call on Cape Town commuters to report any instances of victimisation as a result of a six-day mini-bus taxi stay away.

Emalahleni Municipality Mayor Conny Nkalitshana stoned as she attempted to address angry protesters over power outages

Residents of Mountain View informal settlement in Tshwane are living in dire conditions, with no access to basic services.

Lesufi addressed the media in Ekurhuleni on Thursday evening, after the election of the new mayor in Ekurhuleni, Sivuyile Ngodwana.

CoJ says during the extended maintenance period, some services, such as refunds processing and meter tests remain unavailable.

Action SA’s provincial chairperson Bongani Baloyi, says that where the ANC governs, it is unable to deliver on its promises.

Residents of Zenzele issued a statement with demands which highlighted the need for the formalisation and electrification in the area.

Despite a tough run as mayor of City of Johannesburg, Dr Mpho Phalatse had more wins than losses with regards to service delivery

Seeing residents crossing flooded rivers while carrying coffins is no longer rare in the Eastern Cape, where Nelson Mandela was born.

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All his predecessors were accompanied by an army of protection services but Mayor Retief Odendaal did it alone to address the community

Four people died during the protests in Tembisa on Monday but the demonstrations are set to continue until the community’s demands are met.

Four people died during the protests in Tembisa on Monday but the demonstrations are set to continue until the community’s demands are met.

ANC councillors in uMngeni have been accused of ‘stoking up unrest’ – after they allegedly derailed service delivery in the area.

Permanent and fixed-term employees in the City of Tshwane will now have to meet 100% of their set KPI’s before getting bonuses.

The Msunduzi community took a swipe at its municipality’s poor service delivery with a cheeky Valentine’s Day pothole meme…

‘The results are the same as ANC’s delivery promises,’ wrote one tweep after spotting Tito Mboweni’s failed chicken stew.

eThekwini Municipality has been independently rated and found to have surpassed Cape Town’s efficiency when it comes to service delivery.

‘Dude you dismally failed in politics,’ says a Tweep after Mmusi Maimane posted an old clip of Trevor Noah ridiculing the ANC.

The South African Post Office is changing its queuing and online systems, which it says will make it easier for motorists to get their vehicle licences.

The Rea Vaya bus service has announced a return to operation. Commuters were left stranded after service delivery protesters blocked roads.

Drakensberg residents have threatened to embark on a tax revolt until the Okhahlamba municipality fixes the severely potholed roads.

Professionals and businesses permanently leaving Johannesburg due to its decline add to the city’s economic challenges in providing basic services.

Police arrested six suspects when N3 protests broke out in the Harrismith area. Police have warned motorists to be vigilant in the area.

North West Premier, Job Mokgoro has dispatched a team to try and halt Clover SA’s move from his province to Queensburgh, Durban.

Hundreds of angry protestors turned the Pietermaritzburg CBD into a no go zone and and at least one shop was set alight on Wednesday.

eThekwini fire fighters attended the scene of violent service delivery protests in Isipingo to douse the flames blocking the road.

KwaZulu-Natal residents have complained about a high rate of incorrect electricity bills and unread meters in a recent survey.

Motorists had to dodge petrol bombs and stones during service delivery protests in Gqeberha. Trucks and buses were destroyed.

Watch: Two buses and trucks were set alight during protests in Gqeberha on Tuesday.

Community safety MEC Albert Fritz condemns the ongoing violent protest action, including blocked roads, taking place in Cape Town.

Violent service delivery protests blocked the N2 between Hibberdene and Port Shepstone on Tuesday when protestors burned tyres on the road.

The SAPS has confirmed that it is investigating allegations of poor service delivery levelled against Eastern Cape police officers.

A video has gone viral after a dad invited the public to watch Queenstown Police apparently ignore his pleas for help in a sexual assault case.

The ANC had described the pothole fishing contest protest along the Curry’s Post Road near Howick as the DA’s “circus-like” activism.

A sea change is under way at local government level in South Africa, one which all political parties had better watch out for.

A law student was stunned when an Uber Eats delivery driver texted to say he ate her burger and chips on the way.

Local and district municipalities had to answer to protesters on Monday. On Tuesday morning, the R33 bore the brunt of their dissatisfaction.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) and Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) are at the scene of the unrest

Standards of service delivery are dropping severely, and South Africans are growing more and more disillusioned with municipal performance.

The City of Tshwane said its finances are in a precarious state, therefore, it cannot pay SAMWU strikers’ benchmarking monies.

Protesters allegedly destroyed the water tanks during a protest against poor service delivery including a lack of water and electricity.

SABC News journalists were covering service delivery protests in Motherwell when they allegedly came under fire from the SAPS.

Free State police say tuck shops have been looted and protesters are burning tyres.

The residents also want increased job opportunities.

The focus for 2020, according to Ramaphosa, is to ensure the restoration of South Africa’s state-owned entities.

This protest was motivated by the lack of water supply in the region.

SAHRC called on Gauteng MEC’s to explain the poor service delivery in the Ekangala and Kungwini regions in Tshwane on Wednesday 4 December 2019.

Waterberg is the third district to have the model implemented since it was approved by Cogta in October.

Political part says the apartheid era has been vindicated.

Protesters have been blocking sections of the R563 between Magaliesburg and Hekpoort for the better part of five days now.

The Plett protests have spilled over into a second day with unfortunate reports of criminality and looting of local businesses overnight.

Discontent has resurfaced in Alexandra, as a fresh wave of the Alex Shutdown protests grip the town. Several commuter routes are affected.

Amazon showed off its newest, fully electric delivery drones. The drones, called Prime Air, will start making deliveries within the next six months.

Ford created a two-legged, headless robot in a driver-less car to deliver packages, groceries and takeout food. Meet Digit!

The DA-run City of Cape Town has been given a shot-in-the-arm by the SA-csi survey, but there’s very little in the way of good news for everyone else.

Areas affected include the Soweto highway and Odendaal Street.

Another protest hits the DA-led province.

The area’s ward councillor vowed to meet with the community on Tuesday.

Nine arrests have been made after violent protests over the removal of informal settlements threatened commuters using the N12 in Gauteng.

Mashaba taunted damning evidence against ANC-linked Alexandra protest ringleaders.

The ANC promised to not let this affect efforts to increase service delivery.

The protesters want to be addressed by the City of Cape Town.

Ramaphosa had the Alex community licking off the palm of his hands.

“Hurtful words are such that pierce the heart and weigh the soul” – Richelle Goodrich.

Mgaga has was allegedly captured on camera removing EFF posters.

Makhura accepted the Alex protesters memorandum, after the community revoked Mashaba’s invite.

Mashaba noted that he’s asked to join Ramaphosa when he addresses the Alex community on Thursday.

Things have yet to de-escalate in Caledon as the stand-off between protesters and the police intensifies.

As we understand it, the situation is tense in the Overberg town.

The people of Alex found time to kid around with the resurrection challenge.

Johannesburg motorists, particularly those traveling to and from the Sandton area, are urged to avoid Alexandra.

Protesters who have called for Mandeni to be shut down are believed to be behind the arson.

Well, we’ve seen better service delivery, put it that way. These two Pietermaritzburg street cleaners have gone viral for the bizarre cleaning methods.

The municipality has condemned the vile actions of the protesters.

Customers told the flower delivery service once and floral where they could shove their petals.

A council sitting in Cape Town descended into chaos on Thursday, when EFF councillor Xolani Cekiso is said to have resigned from his party in fury.

Traffic was delayed in Delmore Park along Wit Deep Road, between Mainreef and Lower Boksburg.

Disgruntled Vredenburg residents have taken to the streets again in protest against poor service delivery and the unreasonable electricity price hike, as well as housing and water.

Protesters in Stutterheim torched four government buildings, including one clinic, in their violent display of how unhappy they with the service delivery they receive.

Carte Blanche offers insight into a range of topics. These are the themes that will be explored this week.

A total of 87 municipalities have been declared dysfunctional in 2018. But what does that mean, and how can it be corrected?

Police maintain a heavy presence in key parts of Kimberley after ANC executive mayor of Sol Plaatje municipality has refused to step down.

Juju is livid with his former party.

A Reservoir Hills resident got more than she bargained for when she called the eThekwini Deputy Mayor.

South Africa, breaking records for all the wrong reasons in 2018. This time, it’s service delivery protests.

More government property has been affected by service delivery protests. In KZN, disgruntled residents torched a library…a haven for children to hone their knowledge…

It’s alleged that ANC factions are encouraging violent protests in DA-led areas

That’s the highest since experts started gathering data.

Of all nine provinces, the Western Cape government spends the least of its budget on its employees.

The people are fed up…

Jozi mayor Herman Mashaba last Thursday continued his campaign of tidying up the management structures within the municipality, targeting head honchos at City Power.

A precedent-setting High Court ruling means South Africans ‘gatvol’ with government can now take care of their own basic service delivery issues and make the state pay for it.

Media on the scene have also been threatened.

President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba has said that opposition protests in Harare last week “crossed a line” – and the authorities won’t tolerate them anymore.