Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane
13-year-old boy walks and hitchhikes for an hour to get to school every day
Farm school has no scholar transport for about 80 keen learners
Brief | 23 January 2024
Kariega clinic reopens after residents volunteer to act as security guards
Ten residents have volunteered to rotate guarding the clinic until the stolen fence is replaced
Brief | 17 January 2024
Staff refuse to work at clinic after fence stolen
“We demand our safety as well as patients’ safety,” says nurse
Brief | 12 January 2024
Many child support grant recipients left without money for January
SASSA spokesperson denies there is a problem, but officials speaking anonymously say otherwise
By Daniel Steyn, Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 9 January 2024
Children kayak in Kariega’s flooded streets
Local business owners scupper latest effort by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to remove water
Brief | 8 January 2024
Nationwide Home Affairs failure as new year begins
Thousands of people across the country unable to access government services
News | 4 January 2024
It’s Christmas without water for hundreds of families in Kariega
Municipality blames water shortage on vandalism of pump station last March
News | 22 December 2023
Workers under Creecy’s “cleaning and greening” project demand unpaid wages
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor pens letter in support of workers’ demands
Brief | 7 December 2023
Clean our “stinking” canal, demand Moeggesukkel shack dwellers
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor promises they will get water by Christmas and electricity in January
Brief | 29 November 2023