Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Children have to use an open field as a toilet at Mthatha primary school
Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets
Brief | 8 April 2024
Disabled learners turned away from school
Renovations at Mthatha school, closed last year after parents complained of poor conditions, have still not been completed
News | 5 April 2024
Eastern Cape town’s R7.6-million taxi rank left unused for years
Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished
Brief | 27 March 2024
Arrested Cathcart leader’s court appearance moved 120km away out of fear of protests
Mziwebongo Burwana was arrested during violent protests sparked by rumours that the Cathcart Hospital will be downgraded
Brief | 20 March 2024
Eastern Cape college classes disrupted by student protests
No teaching at Ikhala College campuses due to demonstrations over NSFAS allowances
Brief | 13 March 2024
Millions spent but seven years later this sports complex is still incomplete
Residents say the Kokstad complex is built in a wetland and “doomed”
Brief | 8 March 2024
Mayor sends machinery to fix gravel road hours after Eastern Cape villagers block N2
Tyhalarha village residents say a previous peaceful protest brought no results
Brief | 4 March 2024
After 25 years, 81-year-old Mthatha widow finally gets an RDP house
“I don’t have much but I’m happy for a decent house,” says Ndenzeni Njwenene
Brief | 4 March 2024
Komani’s unusable R20-million “sport facility”
“What we got was nothing compared to what we were promised,” says resident
News | 1 March 2024