Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane

Uitenhage protesters march on memorial service

Shackdwellers say promises of electricity have not been kept

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News | 29 January 2020

Parents, learners shut down Port Elizabeth school

Construction delayed after Eastern Cape education department fails to pay building contractors

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News | 27 January 2020

R77 million school construction project stalled since 2018

Public Works says Eastern Cape Education Department has not been paying bills

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News | 24 January 2020

Fifteen-year wait for KwaNobuhle bridge finally over

Construction underway on a new bridge where dozens of learners cross river daily

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Brief | 24 January 2020

Taxi driver told he owes municipality R68,000 for water

Water leak outside his house has not been fixed since 2018

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News | 21 January 2020

Families queue to get electricity reconnected

Relatives of deceased account holders must re-apply for benefits, says Nelson Mandela Bay municipality

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News | 16 January 2020

Pigs feast on human excrement as township drain overflows

KwaNobuhle residents have been complaining about leaks for two years, they say

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Brief | 9 January 2020

Open trench poses safety risk, say Uitenhage residents

Municipality says complaints will be “escalated as matter of urgency”

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Brief | 17 December 2019

Elderly couple rewards kind stranger with … a business

Rhadi’s Meat Place is booming

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Brief | 2 December 2019

Tankers sent as water outage affects thousands in KwaNobuhle

Taps ran dry on Friday morning

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Brief | 25 November 2019

Concern over unclean conditions at initiation schools

Forum launches initiation season in Nelson Mandela Bay claiming no deaths since 2016

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Brief | 21 November 2019

PE street cleaners protest, demand backpay

They claim they weren’t paid for August

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Brief | 15 November 2019

Open manhole is an accident waiting to happen

A drain in Uitenhage has stood uncovered for two months, say residents

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Brief | 13 November 2019

Clinic in Uitenhage shut down by protesters

Anger over staff being unable to locate patients’ medical files

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Brief | 12 November 2019

Uitenhage gogo given the run-around over water leak

“Instead of explaining yet again, I broke down and cried”

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News | 29 October 2019

South Africans come out in support of #ClimateStrike

“You’ll die of old age. I’ll die of climate change”

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News | 20 September 2019