Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Hardworking and dedicated, but these janitors in East London can go unpaid for weeks
Toilet cleaners also have to buy their own cleaning materials and chemicals and work without gloves or protective clothing
News | 4 March 2019
Tsomo’s mystery water tankers
Municipality says it provides a water tanker but residents say they’ve never seen one
News | 1 March 2019
“I want all my rapists to be arrested”
Rape survivor says the police have failed her time and again
News | 20 February 2019
In this Eastern Cape school, learners borrow a broken toilet seat from one of the staff toilets
“This is not a school but a disaster waiting to happen”
News | 30 November 2018
Eastern Cape villagers say they’ve been left out of huge water project
Xonxa dam won’t benefit us, say Xonxa villagers
News | 29 November 2018
Nepotism in Eastern Cape municipality to be probed
Investigation follows weeks of protests in Stutterheim
News | 22 November 2018
Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village
Villagers say they have to draw water from a river and a dirty canal
Brief | 31 October 2018
Cofimvaba’s R2 million traders’ stalls are empty after five years
Vendors say they can’t afford to buy R82 permits from the municipality
Brief | 26 October 2018
Strike in Ngcobo put on hold after two weeks
86 casual workers are demanding permanent positions
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 22 October 2018