Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Pit toilets: Eastern Cape parents take matters into their own hands
Parents at Good Hope Primary in Cofimvaba are building their own toilets
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 21 April 2026
Komani residents given ultimatum: Pay rates or lose electricity
But protesters say they are being billed for services they do not receive
News | 20 April 2026
After six years, man is jailed for life in DNA bungled murder case
Thozamile Flathela was convicted of murdering his partner Simbongile Mancotywa in Cofimvaba in 2020
News | 10 April 2026
Eastern Cape villagers still waiting for water from boreholes installed in 2015
Joe Gqabi District Municipality says delays are partly the result of foreign funding processes
News | 9 April 2026
Major Eastern Cape water projects stalled over battle with small businesses
Two Whittlesea water treatment works were set to benefit nearly 30 villages
News | 20 March 2026
We have no water and no toilets, families tell Human Rights Commission
Government offices are often closed due to lack of water in Centane
Brief | 18 March 2026
Use the field, parents tell their children: the pit toilets at this school are dangerous
Elunyaweni Primary in Ugie in the Eastern Cape has five full pit latrines for 160 learners; nearby ET Thabane Primary has broken classrooms
News | 18 March 2026
Eastern Cape pensioners must give back the road grader they seized, court rules
Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality’s failure to fix roads
News | 11 March 2026
Work on Eastern Cape clinic stalled because health department didn’t pay the builder
Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic
News | 10 March 2026