Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Amathole Municipality and Department of Water blame each other for leaving villages dry
Workers oppose the mayor’s plan to bring in a new company and cut their wages. Mayor blames the Department - but the municipality has not released funds to the contractor.
News | 1 August 2022
Where are the houses we were promised in 1996, ask the elderly women of Kei Road
“It is clear our government only helps those who protest”
News | 27 July 2022
Backyarders finish houses abandoned by contractor
But the City of Cape Town says the contractor will be back and the occupiers will be evicted
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 21 July 2022
City opens criminal case against flood victims occupying community hall
About 60 Mfuleni families moved into the hall after floods in June
Brief | 15 July 2022
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