Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane

31 years into democracy and the bucket system isn’t going away any time soon

The bucket eradication programme, started in 2012, has been through three departments and five implementing agents

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Brief | 11 October 2024

Protesters furious with Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality for failing to clean up after devastating storm

Over 100 march to Kariega Town Hall to raise concerns about climate change

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Brief | 27 September 2024

Grannies battle water shortage in Kariega

Toilets are dirty and washing piles up after a month without running water

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Brief | 19 September 2024

Pensioners allowed back on Community Works Programme

Department of Co-operative Governance reverses decision to end contracts of about 35,000 employees who also get old age grants

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Brief | 17 September 2024

Rhodes University plans water independence from municipality

“Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality” says vice-chancellor

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Brief | 4 September 2024

Man killed crossing the road to relieve himself

Protesters block R334 in Kariega after the accident

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Brief | 3 September 2024

Pensioners dropped from Community Works Programme

Department of Co-operative Governance wants to end “double-dipping”

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News | 20 August 2024

Project to make taxi criminals easier to identify

Sticker campaign launched in Kariega

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Brief | 19 August 2024

SIU starts its probe into street lights tender in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Some streets in the metro have been dark for years

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News | 1 August 2024

Nurses stop work after finding human waste at clinic door

Mabandla Clinic in Kariega still has no fence or wall

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Brief | 30 July 2024

Kariega flood victims forced to move back to sodden land

Residents of Old Lapland informal settlement protested against returning as they fear the dam wall above them will burst

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News | 9 July 2024

We have no engineer to build your houses, official tells Kariega protesters

R334 blocked by shack dwellers for the second time in a month

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News | 25 June 2024

Graves across Nelson Mandela Bay ruined by storm

“These are our families and this is causing new pain”

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Brief | 12 June 2024

Scramble for water in Kariega as municipality fails to keep its promise

Water tanker runs dry after 30 minutes

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Brief | 11 June 2024

People in Kariega queue for hours to collect water after devastating storm

Gift of the Givers has been delivering hundreds of litres of water daily and set up 12 soup kitchens in the township of KwaNobuhle.

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Brief | 7 June 2024

Protesters dump faeces at newly built houses in Kariega

They claim they should be allowed to move into the houses. But the municipality says they’re not the rightful beneficiaries.

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Brief | 1 June 2024