Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Fire crew attacked responding to blaze where toddler died
The five-year-old boy was home alone with his three-year-old brother when the fire started
Brief | 11 July 2022
Takealot workers strike for permanent positions
Hundreds of workers walk out of Montague Gardens warehouse
Brief | 8 July 2022
Loadshedding may have killed Khayelitsha couple
Daughter suspects they went to bed when the electricity cut and forgot to switch off a stove
Brief | 7 July 2022
City suspends operations in Philippi after team robbed at gunpoint
Families in Marcus Garvey informal settlement are living with a large pool of stagnant sewer water behind their homes
Brief | 7 July 2022
Six children and two adults die in Cape Town shack fires
Three fires in West Bank, Nyanga and Philippi also left scores of people homeless
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 4 July 2022
Loadshedding causes more hardship for grant recipients
Khayelitsha residents protested on Thursday, demanding SASSA open more service sites
News | 30 June 2022
Woman dies trying to save her family
Mfuleni family loses three members in a fire. Two children are still fighting for their lives in hospital.
Brief | 29 June 2022
Broken toilets are a big problem across Cape Town’s townships
In a Khayelitsha neighbourhood, it’s so bad that instead of using the City-supplied toilets, people are defecating in buckets and throwing the waste in a field
News | 27 June 2022
Flood “washes away” shacks in Cape Town nature reserve
Clean up operations underway across city on Wednesday morning
By Siphokazi Mnyobe and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 15 June 2022