Articles for Loyiso Dyongman
Patients turned away as clinics close over health worker protests
Union pleads for government to intervene as “the poor are suffering”
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 23 February 2021
“I can’t recall the last time I saw the municipal rubbish truck”: Makhanda families dump their rubbish in the street
But the municipality says it collects rubbish regularly
News | 5 February 2021
Covid-19 grant beneficiaries hoping for a miracle
Monthly grant is due to come to an end in January
News | 27 January 2021
Makhanda occupiers say they can no longer afford to pay rent
Municipality is concerned with informal settlements mushrooming in the city
News | 21 January 2021
When you have to spend R120 to access your R350 social grant
Eastern Cape beneficiaries travel 100km to try to beat the queues
News | 14 January 2021
Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk
Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings
Brief | 10 December 2020
Despite a court order ten years ago, special needs school still has no building
Amasango Career School in Makhanda operates from six prefab classrooms
News | 23 November 2020
Makhanda unable to keep up with sewage spills
A sewage spill in Extension 9 has been unresolved for months
Brief | 16 October 2020