Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane
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
Protesters set fire to electricity poles in Kariega
“Let there be darkness for all” says man
Brief | 5 May 2021
Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project
Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first
Brief | 3 May 2021