Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
The student activist who gaslit workers and cost them their jobs
31 sacked security guards have asked UCT for forgiveness after being misled by Sibusiso Mpendulo
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and James Stent
News | 10 October 2022
Child drowns in occupied Cape Town nature reserve
Alunga Zonele was swimming in a vlei near the Driftsands informal settlement
News | 28 September 2022
Shack dwellers say they cannot afford solar power company’s monthly fees
Empowerment project stumbles in Khayelitsha, showing the complexity of providing solutions to informal settlements
News | 19 September 2022
Traditional court condemns 19-year-old to grisly death
Accused of stock theft in 2020, Abulele Kwindana was killed. More than two years later, no-one has been charged with his murder.
News | 16 September 2022
Community blames loadshedding for deaths of young couple in shack fire
Police are investigating as several other shacks were also destroyed, leaving some families homeless
Brief | 12 September 2022
More than 20 families share one pit toilet in this East London settlement
The municipality has plans to relocate them once suitable land is identified
Brief | 8 September 2022
City intensifies operations against unlicensed amaphela taxis
SANCO intervenes to try and end the unrest and impasse with law enforcement agencies
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 6 September 2022
Taxi drivers burn streets of Hout Bay
Amaphela are demanding that the City compensate them for loss of income since MyCiTi started operating
Text by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 5 September 2022
Seven arrested as taxi protest escalates in Cape Town
Nearly a dozen police vehicles, buses and cars have been torched during violent retaliation allegedly by amaphela drivers
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 2 September 2022