Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Woman who survived mountain fall must wait six weeks for operation
Makemiso Ramabitle is in severe pain but her nearest hospital in rural Eastern Cape does not have capacity to perform the necessary surgery
News | 15 November 2022
Security guards conned by student activist hold picket at UCT
Guards ask students for forgiveness and to support their demand to be insourced
News | 12 October 2022
The student activist who gaslit workers and cost them their jobs
31 sacked security guards have asked UCT for forgiveness after being misled by Sibusiso Mpendulo
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and James Stent
News | 10 October 2022
Child drowns in occupied Cape Town nature reserve
Alunga Zonele was swimming in a vlei near the Driftsands informal settlement
News | 28 September 2022
Shack dwellers say they cannot afford solar power company’s monthly fees
Empowerment project stumbles in Khayelitsha, showing the complexity of providing solutions to informal settlements
News | 19 September 2022
Traditional court condemns 19-year-old to grisly death
Accused of stock theft in 2020, Abulele Kwindana was killed. More than two years later, no-one has been charged with his murder.
News | 16 September 2022
Community blames loadshedding for deaths of young couple in shack fire
Police are investigating as several other shacks were also destroyed, leaving some families homeless
Brief | 12 September 2022
More than 20 families share one pit toilet in this East London settlement
The municipality has plans to relocate them once suitable land is identified
Brief | 8 September 2022
City intensifies operations against unlicensed amaphela taxis
SANCO intervenes to try and end the unrest and impasse with law enforcement agencies
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 6 September 2022