Articles for Yamkela Ntshongwana

Cofimvaba protesters tell their mayor to start working

“Once they climb the ladder, they forget about us”

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Brief | 19 February 2020

Residents of Amalinda say they have been forgotten

500 households with no electrification, months without rubbish collection, only two taps and a dozen working toilets

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Brief | 28 November 2019

RDP housing is at a snail’s pace in Eastern Cape

Construction companies blame government budget constraints

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News | 21 November 2019

Over 1,000 villagers without tap water for three months

Ncorha Bulk Water Project will only be completed at the end of 2020.

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News | 22 October 2019

Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes

“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager

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News | 28 August 2019

Grade R learners told to avoid the school toilets and use the field

Eastern Cape Education Department says Mangelengele Primary School is too small to invest in

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News | 15 August 2019

Government’s multi-million rand filling station stands empty for years

Qamata chief vows it will not open until municipality acknowledges local land ownership

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News | 11 July 2019

Nurses in village clinic buy medical essentials with their own money

Health workers have to draw blood without gloves

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News | 27 May 2019

Eastern Cape immigrant shop owners say they pay for protection from “xenophobia”

Last week immigrant-owned shops in Cofimvaba were shut down for a day by SANCO

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News | 12 April 2019

Living just metres from a railway line

Small community says they are terrorised by criminals and police

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News | 28 March 2019

Shoddy RDP house never fixed

“I have been in prison, not once, not twice, but many times. But here I am living on an unfinished house,” says struggle veteran

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Brief | 7 March 2019

Eastern Cape residents must make way for taxi rank

Second time in four years that the people of Bhekela informal settlement will be moved

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Brief | 22 February 2019

69-year-old woman scrap collector sleeps by the roadside

Eastern Cape women spend weeks on the road collecting ferrous metals

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Brief | 10 December 2018

Call for dam to be fenced after child drowns

Open dams in Cofimvaba have claimed several lives

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News | 23 November 2018

School has 196 learners and ten grades but only four classrooms

“I feel like I am running three different schools,” says principal

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Brief | 1 November 2018

Strike in Ngcobo put on hold after two weeks

86 casual workers are demanding permanent positions

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Brief | 22 October 2018