Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane
Marchers call for job security and a basic income grant
Picketers in PE mark 1 August as national day for working class action
Brief | 3 August 2020
Dozens of EPWP workers not paid since May
Workers say they’ve been given the runaround by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
News | 31 July 2020
Protest over toilets turns violent in Uitenhage
Project to build toilets for Bobani Village was halted by internal politics
Brief | 28 July 2020
Plans to build hundreds of toilets stopped by Uitenhage politics
Voting district committee at loggerheads with ward committee
Brief | 27 July 2020
Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists
As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and GroundUp Staff
News | 23 July 2020
Overcrowded Bobani Village will soon get toilets
Some residents fear 846 communal toilets won’t be enough for over 3,000 shacks
Brief | 13 July 2020
Leaders of Bobani land occupation flee settlement
“We called them the Mugabes because they refused to step down”
News | 8 July 2020
Old age home staff protest after patient deaths
Staff refused to work after 11 of them tested positive for Covid-19 at a home in Uitenhage
Brief | 7 July 2020
Police fire stun grenade at workers protesting in PE
Three people were arrested during the scuffle on Monday
News | 29 June 2020