Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Backyarders occupy houses in Cape Town
City has “ejected” them and laid criminal charges
News | 7 December 2021
Children die in devastating Kraaifontein shack fire
Family pleads for help to bury Akhanani and Ayola Bulani
Brief | 6 December 2021
Philippi informal settlement residents say they are the “forgotten” community of Cape Town
The City says it is unable to assist because their shacks are on private land
News | 23 November 2021
Willowvale is where government projects go to die
“If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves” says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape
News | 9 November 2021
Corruption or incompetence? Rural Eastern Cape housing projects delayed for years
And a company that was paid R1.5 billion in tenders left households in Cofimvaba each with a pile of concrete slabs instead of toilets
News | 5 November 2021
These villagers threatened not to vote if their road wasn’t fixed, so the municipality sent a truck. But the truck broke the water pipes the villagers had laid
Protesters tell IntsikaYethu mayor he’s no longer welcome
News | 26 October 2021
An Eastern Cape municipality promised its residents houses over a decade ago. They’re still waiting
If residents accept a proposal by the province they will get houses with pit latrines and water tanks within two years
News | 5 October 2021
Nurses return to Willowvale clinic after two-month absence
This comes after years of erratic attendance and no nurses for the past two months
Brief | 23 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021