Residents choose bucket toilets instead of flush loos over fear of gangs: Residents of Kliprand informal settlement in Port Elizabeth have opted to keep the bucket system instead of using their communal flush toilets. They said it is not safe to use the flush toilets at ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Would love to see technology play a role in calling front-foot no-balls: Lungi Ngidi: Port Elizabeth [South Africa], Feb 24 : South Africa pacer Lungi Ngidi said that he would love to … [Read more...] about Residents choose bucket toilets instead of flush loos over fear of gangs – Port Elizabeth in the News
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2014 Seems Like Yesterday – EP Kings Ice Bucket Challenge [video]
Visit and explore more Port Elizabeth videos. https://youtu.be/PLk8RXnsrbY Never a team to pass on a challenge, the EP Kings took time out from their practice session to take the Ice Bucket Challenge and show their support for those with motor neuron diseases (MND). The team have challenged all their supporters to join them at their game against the Xerox Golden Lions this Saturday, 30 August 2014, where they will be able to fill in a form to pledge support for the Motor Neuron Disease … [Read more...] about 2014 Seems Like Yesterday – EP Kings Ice Bucket Challenge [video]
Grahamstown News: 7 SA Winter events to add to your bucket list
7 SA Winter events to add to your bucket list: When: June 27 to July 7, 2019. Book quickly and you could also still visit Africa’s largest arts festival, taking over the small university town of Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) each winter. Catch ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. Decade of corruption leaves former South African City of Saints in the dumps: Few places in Africa are blessed like Grahamstown, a community of 70,000, nestled amid the rolling hills of the Eastern Cape in South … [Read more...] about Grahamstown News: 7 SA Winter events to add to your bucket list
Bhisho News: More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare
More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare: “Generally [things] are better in terms of assistance from the Bhisho offices, but in terms of the District it is still the same. If you look at systems, they are too centralised.” The source said ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. Bright Idea Bed & Breakfast Unit 5: It is easily accessible from all major routes. The provincial capital, Bhisho, is located a 5 minute drive away from Bright Idea B&B where the provincial government offices … [Read more...] about Bhisho News: More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare
Makhanda News: More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare
More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare: If they assist us, Holy Cross is moving in the right direction.” *Kathryn Cleary is a health journalist with Grocott’s Mail in Makhanda, Eastern Cape and was commissioned by Spotlight to write this ... Source: "Makhanda" - BingNews. US records 71 new measles cases in week as outbreak spreads: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had recorded 626 cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease in 22 … [Read more...] about Makhanda News: More than a bucket and a plaster to fix rural healthcare
Plan your 2019 bucket list with Forestry South Africa’s new online recreational map – MyPR.co.za
Plan your 2019 bucket list with Forestry South Africa’s new online recreational map: Lone Creek Falls – Mpumalanga Photo: SAFCOL JOHANNESBURG, January 15, 2019 – Forestry South Africa (FSA) has launched the Forestry Explained recreational map, ideal for when the travel bug bites, when you need family-friendly accommodation or a quiet weekend away from the city life. The new interactive map details the myriad of activities and attractions that are found on forestry-owned land around … [Read more...] about Plan your 2019 bucket list with Forestry South Africa’s new online recreational map – MyPR.co.za
Plan your 2019 bucket list with Forestry South Africa’s new online recreational map – MyPR.co.za
Plan your 2019 bucket with Forestry South Africa’s new online recreational map: Lone Creek Falls – Mpumalanga Photo: SAFCOL JOHANNESBURG, January 15, 2019 – Forestry South Africa (FSA) has launched the Forestry Explained recreational map, ideal for when the travel bug bites, when you need family-friendly accommodation or a quiet weekend away from the city life. The new interactive map details the myriad of activities and attractions that are found on forestry-owned land around the … [Read more...] about Plan your 2019 bucket list with Forestry South Africa’s new online recreational map – MyPR.co.za
Have a Bucket? Don’t Chuck it!
In a recent parliamentary briefing, the Department of Water and Sanitation indicated that it intends to complete the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) by March 2019. “The Department is yet to meet a single deadline since the programme’s inception in 2003,” says Yamkela Ntola, OUTA’s Water and Environment Portfolio Manager. “Sadly, this continued failure means that people are denied access to adequate sanitation.” In May 2018, OUTA exposed significant overspending and under-delivery on the … [Read more...] about Have a Bucket? Don’t Chuck it!
Something Stinks Here
Water & Sanitation plans to spend R88 500 to replace a single bucket toilet this year, but that’s just a fraction of the 2015/16 costs of an average of R530 685 per toilet. The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) is a way of spending with no end in sight and not a great deal of delivery. The 2018/19 Budget indicates that the Department plans to spend about R88 500 to replace each bucket toilet this year: it budgets R1 048.2 million (that’s R1. 048 … [Read more...] about Something Stinks Here
12 Bucket List Things for 2018 – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: 12 Bucket List Things for 2018: If you are planning to make 2018 the year of exploring your own backyard then you are certainly in the right place as the Bay has a variety of activities and sights to satisfy your wanderlust. Source: NMBT Blog. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your … [Read more...] about 12 Bucket List Things for 2018 – Featured Blog
J-Bay in the news: August in South Africa: A Zone You Must Surf Before Kicking the Bucket, Bru
August in South Africa: A Zone You Must Surf Before Kicking the Bucket, Bru: Jeffreys Bay is arguably the best known and highest quality wave in South Africa, at last if you are a fan of freight-training, righthand rock points. J-Bay features on the Championship Tour, where it often sees some of the best performances from the most ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. Kids books needed: Physicians’ offices and the Brooks Health Centre are collecting books in memory of Dr. Piet Hancke for … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: August in South Africa: A Zone You Must Surf Before Kicking the Bucket, Bru
Bucket Eradication Programme Launched
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) has delivered on the commitment of working towards eradicating the inhumane and humiliating bucket system that is still in use in some areas of the City. On Tuesday, 24 January the NMBM officially launched a R500 million bucket eradication programme in Despatch, Khayamnandi. The Municipality's Infrastructure and Engineering Directorate led by Portfolio Chairman, Councillor Andile Mfunda braved the rainy weather to launch the programme that will see … [Read more...] about Bucket Eradication Programme Launched
Bucket system increase shocker
Dear MyPE A report titled "Non-financial census of municipalities for the year ended 30 June 2013" was released by Statistics South Africa today. There has been a shocking increase of 14 000 in the number of households using the bucket toilet system in the Eastern Cape. A report released today by Statistics South Africa reveals that the use of bucket system toilets had risen from 38 606 units in 2012 to an alarming 52 732 units in 2013. The bucket system is an assault on the dignity of … [Read more...] about Bucket system increase shocker
