Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Storm damaged classrooms left roofless for six years
Ngqusi Junior Secondary school in Centane have been waiting for the education department to fix its classrooms since June 2019
Brief | 3 September 2025
A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete
Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build
Brief | 27 August 2025
Security guards say they were fired for joining unions
Striking guards block offices in Cofimvaba
News | 22 August 2025
Water scheme for Eastern Cape villages stalls after R125-million spent
The Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo was meant to be completed in 2022
Brief | 18 August 2025
No funds to help fire victims, says municipality
Thirteen families, who have been living in a community hall in Butterworth for a month, have been ordered to leave
Brief | 13 August 2025
Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed
A R9-million tender was awarded to a contractor last year to renovate Haytor clinic
News | 1 August 2025
R25-million and 7 years later, Indwe sports field far from finished
It was meant to take 18 months, and now another R10-million is needed
Brief | 25 July 2025
Community blames poor policing after brutal murders
Residents say they’ve been forced to stand outside the police station and give statements to an officer because the gates are locked at night
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 23 July 2025
People have to relieve themselves in open fields in this Eastern Cape town
Centane does not have enough working public toilets
News | 19 July 2025