Articles for Yamkela Ntshongwana
Community blames poor policing after brutal murders
Residents say they’ve been forced to stand outside the police station and give statements to an officer because the gates are locked at night
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 23 July 2025
Court delays leave pensioner locked out of her own home
Four years later, the unlawful occupants have still not been evicted
News | 4 July 2025
100-year-old Flagstaff school is falling apart
In 2013 the Flagstaff Comprehensive High School was promised a share of a R195-million project. But nothing happened
News | 5 June 2025
Chaos in Flagstaff as municipality demolishes homes ‘sold’ by chief
Municipality says property is earmarked for development
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 7 May 2025
School pit toilet nightmare solved thanks to civil society
Mampondo Primary School received 12 new aerobic sanitation system toilets
Brief | 2 December 2024
Patients cross river and bush to get to nearest clinic
Eastern Cape Department of Health says there’s no budget to build a clinic for residents of Sicweza village just outside Flagstaff
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 4 November 2024
Six-year-old rescued from pit toilet in Eastern Cape school
At Mampondo Primary School, 135 learners and eight staff members share two pit toilets
By Yamkela Ntshongwana and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Brief | 17 October 2024
More than two years since construction started, toilets remain incomplete in Free State village
The contract was terminated due to unsatisfactory progress a year ago
Brief | 3 October 2022
Protesters halt lectures at University of Free State’s Qwaqwa campus
The students are demanding that accommodation allowances from NSFAS be paid to them instead of directly to landlords
News | 29 September 2022