Articles for Thembi Siaga
Missing pumps, broken pipes: Limpopo villagers’ constant fight for water
Tshakhuma families used their own money to connect to the water supply, but it’s still not working
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 30 January 2025
New school for blind learners delayed
The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners
By Thembi Siaga
News | 23 January 2025
R20-million water project fails to quench Limpopo villagers’ thirst
Households now rely on a single diesel-powered borehole or have to buy water
By Thembi Siaga
News | 19 December 2024
Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic
Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours
By Thembi Siaga
News | 18 December 2024
New hospital for Elim at last
But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling
By Thembi Siaga
News | 5 December 2024
Once-abandoned Vleifontein Library nearing completion at last
Construction on the R16-million facility began in September 2022
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 21 November 2024
Learners pay R150 to fill water tanks at overcrowded, dilapidated Limpopo school
There are two boreholes at Kutsakeni Primary, but staff say they dried up in 2021
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 14 November 2024
X-ray machine conks out at Limpopo hospital
Elim Hospital also faces persistent water shortage
By Thembi Siaga
News | 7 November 2024
Limpopo water crisis delays R37-million stadium
Vhembe stadium still unfinished a year after completion was scheduled
By Thembi Siaga and Kaizer Nengovhela
News | 31 October 2024