Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane
Small businesses demand 30% share of Gqeberha municipal tenders
Protesters march through city centre
Brief | 23 February 2022
The “Friendly City” is filthy
Only 11 of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s 36 refuse trucks are operational
Brief | 9 February 2022
Man claims police assaulted him during stop-and-search incident
Police say docket handed to IPID
Brief | 28 January 2022
Shack dwellers build ward councillor an office
“We want to be served closer to where we live” says resident
Brief | 27 January 2022
Water crisis disrupts schools in Nelson Mandela Bay
Taps have been dry for ten days in KwaNobuhle
Brief | 26 January 2022
Gqeberha health workers march against management
They demanded the removal of the health district manager and for the health facilities to be refurbished
Brief | 3 December 2021
There will be no funerals until the sewage system is fixed, residents threaten
“We live in a pigsty”
Brief | 15 November 2021
Tax the rich, demand budget protesters
Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant
By Thamsanqa Mbovane, Marecia Damons and Liezl Human
News | 11 November 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay says it will not provide services to new land occupations
The municipality is in the process of “formalising” 156 informal settlements by providing services like water, electricity and tarring roads
News | 19 October 2021