Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
25-year-old informal settlement still lacks basic services
GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn’t, says resident Thozama Nyathela. “We were only being fed empty promises.”
Brief | 29 June 2023
Rural Eastern Cape flood victims left to fend for themselves
The homes of 25 families were destroyed in December 2022. They have received no help to date
News | 21 June 2023
18 months later, East London flood victims still haven’t been housed
Nonceba Pamla lost her daughter in the floods as well as her home. She is still waiting for the house she says she was promised
News | 20 June 2023
Funds shortage leads Eastern Cape education department to investigate Mthatha school principal
Learners have protested over a lack of desks and textbooks
News | 15 June 2023
Only four police vans for 57 villages in Tsomo, Eastern Cape
Community marches to police station and magistrate court to demand better policing
Brief | 2 June 2023
Protesters call for taverns to be shut down in central East London
“We don’t want a repeat of Enyobeni”
News | 1 June 2023
ANC supporters defend councillor against angry job seekers in Mdantsane
Over 100 people marched to their councillor’s office accusing her of only giving jobs to relatives and fellow ANC members
Brief | 30 May 2023
School land occupiers demand relocation to serviced sites
East London shack dwellers say they won’t move unless it is somewhere with water, electricity and toilets
News | 26 May 2023
Amathole villagers drink from the river while new contractor for water project appointed
Municipality takes over drinking water project meant to have been completed last year
News | 23 May 2023