Articles for Yamkela Ntshongwana
Over 1,000 villagers without tap water for three months
Ncorha Bulk Water Project will only be completed at the end of 2020.
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
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
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
News | 11 July 2019
Nurses in village clinic buy medical essentials with their own money
Health workers have to draw blood without gloves
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
News | 12 April 2019
Living just metres from a railway line
Small community says they are terrorised by criminals and police
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
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
Brief | 22 February 2019