Articles for Thembela Ntongana
Luyolo land claimants to wait another three years for housing project
“For years people showed us plans for housing then disappeared without anything being done. Many of us had lost hope”
By Thembela Ntongana and Lucas Nowicki
News | 27 July 2020
Family left without breadwinner after methanol poisoning deaths
Six men from Masiphumelele died last week after drinking homemade beer they bought
News | 8 June 2020
Langa hostel residents say social distancing is not an option
City does not have money to upgrade hostel this financial year
News | 4 May 2020
Covid-19: “People are going on like there is no crisis” in Masiphumelele
“We are not ignorant as people say. We are forced by our living conditions”
News | 21 April 2020
Residents mobilise for new school in Masiphumelele
Parents unhappy with sending their children to Ocean View
News | 1 March 2019
COSATU calls for VAT increase to be scrapped
Union federation marches in Cape Town ahead of budget speech tomorrow
News | 19 February 2019
Load shedding is killing small businesses
“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Thembela Ntongana and Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 February 2019
“I am living and working for the next meal”
Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance
News | 14 February 2019
Police chalk up arrests with anti-gang units
But civil society tells Parliament that an untrained and under resourced police force is failing communities
Parliament | 13 February 2019