Articles for Thembela Ntongana

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Owners shocked as school transport vehicles impounded

Masiphumelele owners say they were not told about enforcement of permit

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News | 10 March 2017

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Masiphumelele pupils get their bus at last

But 50 learners still have to hitchhike to school everyday

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News | 9 March 2017

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Protests start again at troubled Khayelitsha school

Police use stun grenades to stop student demonstrators entering school

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News | 3 March 2017

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Angry residents stone fire engines for “being late”

Phumani Village residents say firefighters arrived after the community already had control of the blaze

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Brief | 1 March 2017

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Andile Jadu is only 21 and his home has already been demolished four times

A look at the human and financial cost for one young man of City shack demolitions

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News | 24 February 2017

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Will Metrorail users have to wait 17 years for decent service?

Service is getting worse, but Prasa promises to get it working … by 2034

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News | 22 February 2017

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Masiphumelele residents march to Fish Hoek to demand better living conditions

Protesters call on municipality to provide electricity and sanitation to everyone living in the township’s informal settlement

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News | 14 February 2017

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Crossroads parents shut down school

“We are fed up .. with the bad condition of the school”

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News | 14 February 2017

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Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land

SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents

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News | 12 February 2017