Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Protesters from 68 Eastern Cape villages converge in Bhisho to demand clean water

Representatives march to the provincial office of COGTA under the banner of the Inyanda National Land Movement

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News | 16 October 2023

Without Ma Rosey, these children would have nothing all day but sugar water

Mthatha mother battles to feed the children who come to her day care centre

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News | 4 October 2023

Children in the Eastern Cape are not being fed enough at school

Some schools are not getting even the minimum funding from the National School Nutrition Programme

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News | 28 September 2023

Taps have been dry for years in Frazer informal settlement

EThekwini Municipality says projects are underway to build proper water infrastructure

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News | 27 September 2023

Families have been waiting six years to be moved from Durban transit camp

eThekwini municipality has no explanation for delay and no timeline to offer

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News | 21 September 2023

Families displaced by World Cup occupy RDP houses in Durban

Fed up Isipingo transit camp residents say they are the rightful beneficiaries of houses in Kanku Road

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News | 15 September 2023

Four years and R7-million later, villages still sit without power

Mzimvubu Municipality has been incapable of finishing an electrification project it started in 2018

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Brief | 12 September 2023

Stalled for years, Durban housing project faces further delays

A R112-million contract has expired and the municipality says it will issue a new tender

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News | 1 September 2023

Eastern Cape municipality hires manager facing corruption charges

Ntabankulu Local Municipality says it has done nothing wrong, but residents are protesting over the appointment

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News | 1 September 2023

1,500 families share three toilets in Durban informal settlement

Nearly 40 blocked toilets have not been fixed after two years

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News | 17 August 2023

Millions spent but 11 years later, police station is a drug den

The meant-to-be newly renovated Ngqamakhwe police station has been stripped by vandals after construction work stopped

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News | 11 August 2023

Millions spent and 7 years later hawkers still sit without stalls

Only 60 of 320 stalls were built yet Mbhashe municipality paid the contractor

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News | 8 August 2023

Teachers quit Eastern Cape school after accusations of violence against learners

Ngqeleni Junior Secondary School has been short of 14 teachers since March

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News | 2 August 2023

Government departments owe millions to Matatiele Local Municipality

Unpaid rates and taxes are affecting its ability to deliver services, says the municipality

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News | 20 July 2023

One tap for 1,000 families. And it’s been dry for seven years

Eastern Cape villagers say they have given up asking their councillors for help

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News | 20 July 2023

Public Protector probes government’s 2022 flood relief efforts

Auditor-General recently revealed that KwaZulu-Natal only spent R251-million of the R5.8-billion budget allocated in the aftermath of the 2022 floods

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News | 12 July 2023