Articles by Thamsanqa Mbovane

Even the rats have left this household now that the cupboard is empty

Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant

Dispute over quality of prison food

Correctional services say claims by Prisoners at Leeuwkop Maximum Prison are “nowhere near reality”

Protesters torch ten electricity poles in Kariega

Several communities surrounding Area 11 plunged into darkness since Saturday

Eastern Cape MEC warns of system collapse because of unpaid school water bills

Mayor calls for army to end taxi strike

Protesters in Nelson Mandela Bay have forced the closure of clinics, schools, shopping centres and disrupted many other vital services

Parents win three year battle to build school

Construction of Kariega school was stalled because education department failed to pay contractors

Council cleans the filthy street we filmed

Readers tell us there are other places as bad as Bering Street in Kariega

Street lights dead for years in Nelson Mandela Bay

“We hear screams at night from women … It is very difficult to go outside and help because you will be a target too”

Video: Is this the most disgusting street in South Africa?

This video shows the awful state of Bering Street in KwaNobuhle, Kariega (formerly Uitenhage). It was filmed on 17 May.

Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant

“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”

Learners sent home as taps run dry at Eastern Cape schools

Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber to adopt over 30 schools to help with water saving measures

Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants

Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding

Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities

Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February

Protesters set fire to electricity poles in Kariega

“Let there be darkness for all” says man

Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project

Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first

“Our people don’t live in speed humps,” Kariega residents tell municipality

Meeting told about water leaks, broken houses and dirty streets