Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

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Schools suffer while Eastern Cape fails to spend education budget

Infrastructure budget cut 12% after department underspends

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News | 3 March 2016

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Buffalo City workers march for higher wages

Municipal employees demand R2,000 a month raise

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News | 25 February 2016

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Sanco and ANC members clash following house demolitions

Shops closed in protest and ward councillor's house set alight

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News | 22 February 2016

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Still waiting for 2014 matric results

Students camp outside Eastern Cape education department

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News | 17 February 2016

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Eastern Cape parents build their own school

Xhorha community still waiting for help from government

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News | 11 February 2016

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Students left to study under trees after school roof blows off

Eastern Cape school waiting for repairs since November

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News | 4 February 2016

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Walter Sisulu students evicted from campus

Students have many grievances, but their leadership is fractured

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News | 29 January 2016

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Parents refuse to pay for teachers who don’t teach

School accused of victimising children

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News | 27 January 2016

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Students in state scheme get certificates for courses they didn’t complete

The National Rural Youth Service Corps (Narysec), set up to train unemployed young people in rural areas, seems to be in disarray in the Eastern Cape, where some students have given up hope of graduating while others say they have been given certificates for courses they did not complete.

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and GroundUp staff

Feature | 8 December 2015