Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Multi-million rand Matatiele sports centre still unfinished after six years
But the municipality says the project is on track to being completed
News | 8 August 2024
Eastern Cape schools battle low learner numbers and teacher shortages
The education department wants to close some of these schools. But parents say they can’t afford transport fees to other schools.
News | 8 August 2024
Kidnapped shop owner found murdered
“We did the negotiations by ourselves because the police made it very clear that there’s nothing they can do to help us.”
News | 7 August 2024
Apartheid-era hostel causing a stink in Eastern Cape town
More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours
News | 26 July 2024
Apartheid-era flats are “a ticking time bomb”
Residents want the broken-down flats fixed; the municipality says the residents must first pay rent
News | 23 July 2024
No, we won’t move, say Butterworth shack dwellers
Residents of Sikiti informal settlement fear they’ll be forgotten if they agree to move to serviced sites nearby
News | 11 July 2024
Butterworth families evicted by chiefs in 2011 are still waiting for promised houses
People of Bhungeni were moved to make way for a mall which has still not been built
News | 9 July 2024
Musicians in “Little Jazz Town” want Gayton McKenzie to fix their broken arts centre
Komani jazz legend Mlungisi Gegana blames the Eastern Cape arts department for the collapse of the centre
News | 3 July 2024
The traffic department that hasn’t issued a ticket for years
“We used to have ticket books, but they were stolen” says a traffic officer in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 15 May 2024