Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Outrage over police inaction after woman goes missing
Residents tracked down a suspect themselves
Brief | 31 October 2025
Eastern Cape villagers take charge of their own water supply
Frustrated by the unreliable municipal water supply, six communities near Cofimvaba have raised over R110,000 for their own supply infrastructure
Brief | 29 October 2025
School children march for better policing after taxi driver allegedly rapes girl
Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages
Brief | 20 October 2025
Teen initiation fights: police probe attempted murder charges
Residents say these fights have become more violent with the use of dangerous weapons like garden shears, machetes and sticks
News | 9 October 2025
Eastern Cape families affected by 2023 floods to wait until next year for houses
Huge housing project launched before the floods is still in initial phase
News | 7 October 2025
Teachers at Eastern Cape school give up their toilet to grade R learners
Jongikhaya teachers and learners share broken pit toilets
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 17 September 2025
Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape village
Only one 10,000-litre tank to supply hundreds of households
Brief | 8 September 2025
Storm damaged classrooms left roofless for six years
Ngqusi Junior Secondary school in Centane have been waiting for the education department to fix its classrooms since June 2019
Brief | 3 September 2025
A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete
Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build
Brief | 27 August 2025