Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Five months without water in Komani

New water supply project should have been completed in 2018

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News | 25 April 2025

Police unable to interview Cwecwe

SAPS tells Parliament they have been unable to access 7-year-old rape victim

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News | 15 April 2025

R24-million spent on Indwe stadium with little to show for it

Two contractors later, the stadium is far from complete

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Brief | 14 April 2025

Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe

There has been no significant progress in the seven-year-old’s case

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News | 8 April 2025

NPA fails family of murdered teenager falsely accused of stealing cattle

Abulele Kwindana was killed in 2020. No-one has been charged with his murder.

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News | 8 April 2025

Thousands march to call for justice for raped child

Still no arrests after seven-year-old raped in Eastern Cape in October

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News | 1 April 2025

Days of protests in Indwe over hospital downgrade

Health MEC assures residents there will be no downgrade if they are against it

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News | 27 March 2025

Eastern Cape protesters bring traffic to a standstill

Protesters want a new bridge and better roads

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Brief | 11 March 2025

Housing project grinds to a halt over payment dispute

Contractor is taking Matatiele Local Municipality to court over unpaid fees

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News | 11 March 2025

Home Affairs urges villagers to travel to collect IDs – and then turns them away

“What frustrates me most is that these people came to us, begging us to apply for these IDs that we don’t even need”

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News | 10 March 2025

Former tavern has served as a clinic for decades

Eastern Cape health department has no funds to build Tsomo a clinic

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Brief | 24 February 2025

Teenager hitchhiking to the nearest clinic delivers her stillborn baby on the roadside

Villagers in the Eastern Cape town where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born often wait six hours for an ambulance

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News | 18 February 2025

Go-slow at hospital after CEO was suspended

Brief suspension came after a letter in the name of CEO Mziyanda Tshaka circulated about an acute shortage of doctors at Tambo Regional Hospital

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Brief | 6 February 2025

125-year-old Eastern Cape hospital in desperate need of renovations

Protesters march to Greenville Hospital near Bizana to complain about conditions

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News | 6 February 2025

Landfill site meant to serve Mthatha villagers left to vandals

R32-million was spent and the site was supposed to give the community a considerable rental income

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Brief | 30 January 2025

Housing protest closes N2 in Eastern Cape

Residents from Dutywa informal settlements dating back to the 1990s demand services and houses

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Brief | 29 January 2025