Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane

Shack dwellers protest in support of Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor

Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.

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News | 25 May 2023

Ward councillor’s office torched in Kariega protest

Parts of KwaNobuhle without electricity since Friday

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Brief | 24 May 2023

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor suspects cable theft as “an act of sabotage”

Power was restored on Monday night to about 50,000 residents following days without electricity

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Brief | 23 May 2023

Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school

Kariega school is short of teachers, say protesters

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Brief | 25 April 2023

300 toilets were built on this site seven years ago. Now at last the promised houses may be built around them

Families are still living in shacks next to their broken toilets

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Brief | 25 April 2023

Kariega shackdwellers threaten to move into housing project

Families are eyeing vacant sites with electricity

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Brief | 20 April 2023

People’s lives are “not our responsibility” says NEHAWU leader

Hospitals disrupted as public sector strike intensifies

Vincent Lali, Chris Gilili, Liezl Human, Tariro Washinyira, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Thamsanqa Mbovane, and Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 8 March 2023

Hundreds of public service workers down tools in defiance of court interdict

“We have nothing to lose now because we are earning peanuts anyway” says striking worker

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News | 6 March 2023

“R350 is an insult. It is even less than the lunch of a minister’s son a day”

Activist groups demand Basic Income Grant of R1,500 at Kariega protest

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Brief | 23 February 2023