Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane

Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant

“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”

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News | 18 May 2021

Learners sent home as taps run dry at Eastern Cape schools

Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber to adopt over 30 schools to help with water saving measures

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News | 17 May 2021

Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants

Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding

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News | 12 May 2021

Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities

Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February

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Brief | 10 May 2021

Protesters set fire to electricity poles in Kariega

“Let there be darkness for all” says man

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Brief | 5 May 2021

Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project

Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first

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Brief | 3 May 2021

“Our people don’t live in speed humps,” Kariega residents tell municipality

Meeting told about water leaks, broken houses and dirty streets

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Brief | 20 April 2021

Spaza shop owners demand better policing in KwaNobuhle

Policing forum commits to have patrols increased to twice a day

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Brief | 20 April 2021

Parents burn tyres and picket outside education department over incomplete school

No schooling until department pays the R8 million it owes the construction company, say parents

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Brief | 8 April 2021