Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
One tap for 1,000 families. And it’s been dry for seven years
Eastern Cape villagers say they have given up asking their councillors for help
News | 20 July 2023
Public Protector probes government’s 2022 flood relief efforts
Auditor-General recently revealed that KwaZulu-Natal only spent R251-million of the R5.8-billion budget allocated in the aftermath of the 2022 floods
News | 12 July 2023
DNA bungling delays justice for family of slain mother
“Three years later, the suspect is roaming outside”
News | 11 July 2023
No water, toilets or electricity in multi-million rand Eastern Cape taxi rank
The contractor for the Xhora taxi rank has been in a dispute with the municipality for over eight years
News | 4 July 2023
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