Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Human Rights Commission visits school where learners use playground as a loo

Toilets are being repaired at Van Coller primary after parents shut down the school last week

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Brief | 20 January 2026

Parents close Eastern Cape school where playground is used as a toilet

Toilets at the primary school in Komani have not functioned for six years

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Brief | 14 January 2026

Nowhere to swim in Komani this Christmas

Municipal swimming pools have fallen into disrepair

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Brief | 22 December 2025

Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power

Poles and electricity boxes were installed in 2023 in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, but Eskom and Intsika Yethu Municipality say there are outstanding issues

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Brief | 22 December 2025

Municipality silent on why it can’t provide electricity

“We no longer care about bricks because we know they will take forever,” says Komani woman who has lived in shacks for 24 years

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Brief | 18 December 2025

Pensioners build their own community hall

Households donate a minimum of R100 to the project

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Brief | 17 December 2025

Eastern Cape villagers finally get water, but only for a few days

Water scheme was restored, but two villages are back to having no water

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News | 5 December 2025

Understaffed, crumbling Eastern Cape clinic cannot meet demand

New temporary structure set to cost R1.2-million and take two years to complete

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Brief | 1 December 2025

Extortion gangs terrorise Cape Town’s immigrant shop owners

Vigilantism on the rise as people accuse the police of failing them

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News | 20 November 2025