Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane
Mayor calls for army to end taxi strike
Protesters in Nelson Mandela Bay have forced the closure of clinics, schools, shopping centres and disrupted many other vital services
By Joseph Chirume and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 28 May 2021
Parents win three year battle to build school
Construction of Kariega school was stalled because education department failed to pay contractors
Brief | 27 May 2021
Council cleans the filthy street we filmed
Readers tell us there are other places as bad as Bering Street in Kariega
Video | 26 May 2021
Street lights dead for years in Nelson Mandela Bay
“We hear screams at night from women … It is very difficult to go outside and help because you will be a target too”
News | 21 May 2021
Video: Is this the most disgusting street in South Africa?
This video shows the awful state of Bering Street in KwaNobuhle, Kariega (formerly Uitenhage). It was filmed on 17 May.
Video | 19 May 2021
Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
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
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
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
Brief | 10 May 2021