Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane

No-fee school sends learners home for not paying donations

Alfonso Arries Primary School in Gqeberha said parents took a decision to donate R100 per child to fix the crumbling school

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Brief | 28 February 2025

Kariega families say municipality is moving them to a dump site

More than 100 families living under power lines at Moeggesukkel informal settlement are being moved to a site littered with rubbish

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News | 21 February 2025

Protest erupts after neighbourhood without power for weeks

KwaNobuhle councillor urges residents to attend ward meetings

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Brief | 11 February 2025

Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital

Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand

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Brief | 11 December 2024

Spaza shop landlords shocked by R2,200 permit fee

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is scrambling to legalise residential based enterprises

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Brief | 25 November 2024

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor targets immigrant-owned spaza shops

“These are politically motivated actions against us. There are many more pressing issues facing this city.”

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Brief | 13 November 2024

Patients lie on the floor at Uitenhage hospital

The health department has acknowledged there is pressure on available beds

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News | 12 November 2024

Storm damaged Kariega bridge could take two years to repair, says mayor

Two bridges linking KwaNobuhle to the town were badly damaged by floods in June and October

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Brief | 8 November 2024

Only one bridge links KwaNobuhle to Kariega after floods

Two bridges in the area were damaged

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Families evacuated from their flooded homes in Nelson Mandela Bay

Municipality says mop up and damage assessment operations are underway

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Brief | 22 October 2024

31 years into democracy and the bucket system isn’t going away any time soon

The bucket eradication programme, started in 2012, has been through three departments and five implementing agents

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Brief | 11 October 2024

Protesters furious with Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality for failing to clean up after devastating storm

Over 100 march to Kariega Town Hall to raise concerns about climate change

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Brief | 27 September 2024

Grannies battle water shortage in Kariega

Toilets are dirty and washing piles up after a month without running water

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Brief | 19 September 2024

Pensioners allowed back on Community Works Programme

Department of Co-operative Governance reverses decision to end contracts of about 35,000 employees who also get old age grants

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Brief | 17 September 2024

Rhodes University plans water independence from municipality

“Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality” says vice-chancellor

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Brief | 4 September 2024

Man killed crossing the road to relieve himself

Protesters block R334 in Kariega after the accident

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Brief | 3 September 2024