Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Ward councillor says Komponi occupiers must fend for themselves

About 60 families illegally occupying prefab homes for two years want services

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Brief | 5 July 2019

Residents burn rubbish because it doesn’t get collected

“It’s like they forgot about us,” says resident in East London informal settlement

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Brief | 1 July 2019

Equal Education pickets outside Eastern Cape State of the Province address

EE wants R4.3 million saved at this year’s official opening of the legislature to be allocated to fixing schools

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Brief | 28 June 2019

“Everytime I look at these wires, I remember how my grandson died,” says East London grandmother

A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years

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Brief | 28 June 2019

“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident

Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015

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News | 24 June 2019

Village without tap water for two years

District municipality blames drought for the plight of villagers in Cofimvaba

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Brief | 21 June 2019

300 homes share eight pit toilets

Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists

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News | 18 June 2019

Mdantsane residents close down ANC ward councillor’s office

Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca laughs off allegations that she is involved in dodgy housing deals

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News | 18 June 2019

Gogo’s 20 year battle to change an error on her ID

Home Affairs is now investigating the matter

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Brief | 31 May 2019

Eastern Cape family’s looooong battle to get a correct ID

According to Masibulele Soboyisi’s ID he was too young to write matric, so he can’t get his results

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News | 24 May 2019

Stokvel women have become mashonisas

Pressure is on stokvel members to lend money at very high rates of interest

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Feature | 20 May 2019

Taps have been dry for five years in Eastern Cape village

Amathole District Municipality cannot deliver more water

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News | 14 May 2019

Five years after botched road contract, Lady Frere residents have unanswered questions

Road company didn’t understand basic construction norms, say consultants

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News | 9 May 2019

A loan shark has her ID, so she can’t vote today

It’s illegal, but the mashonisas keep documents and bank cards

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News | 8 May 2019

Housing list sparks protests in East London

Police use tear gas and rubber bullets to quell two days of demonstrations in Nompumelelo township

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News | 18 April 2019