Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane

Uitenhage quick to fix pipes … when the problem is reported in the media

Complaints go unattended for years until reporters get involved

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Brief | 10 April 2019

“All we want is to see the government collect the rubbish”

Uncollected garbage in refuse bins has lined the streets of Uitenhage for three weeks

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Brief | 9 April 2019

Workers close school for children with special needs

Teachers and learners find gates locked

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Brief | 3 April 2019

Union outraged that Public Works employees sent to “no-go” areas in PE

Workers are not “bulletproof” says shop steward

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Brief | 12 March 2019

Residents won’t let councillor return until their RDP houses are repaired

Office of Uitenhage ward 45 councillor shut since July 2018

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News | 11 March 2019

Show of force by SAMWU in PE

Municipal workers hold large meeting outside Port Elizabeth City Hall, saying: “We want them to hear”

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Brief | 8 March 2019

Thousands of litres saved as water leak in Uitenhage finally fixed

Municipality says leak was from house owner’s pipe but they were able to fix it

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Brief | 7 March 2019

Thousands of litres of clean water spilling onto Uitenhage street

Residents say they reported leak in January

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News | 6 March 2019

Selling prickly pears by the side of the road

This is not a job for the weak, says Uitenhage woman

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Brief | 6 March 2019

Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay says hands off Uitenhage land occupation

Over 200 shacks erected in Khayelitsha with ward councillor’s support

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News | 1 March 2019

Education department is “showing us the middle finger”

Parents protest about the dilapidated state of three Uitenhage schools

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Brief | 22 February 2019

1,000 families move onto vacant land as mayor freezes evictions

Residents name settlement “Bobani Village” after Nelson Mandela Bay mayor

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Brief | 20 February 2019

NEHAWU begins nationwide shutdown of colleges

Shutdown “indefinite” until demands are met says national spokesperson

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Brief | 14 February 2019

Herds of cows, grunting pigs, chickens and goats invade RDP yards

“We know we are not supposed to live with cattle, but where else can we go?” asks elderly resident

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Brief | 27 August 2018

Children must cross treacherous river bed on foot to go to school

The bridge over the river collapsed in 2005

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Brief | 20 August 2018