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Lenathi, Thimna and Nikita in one of two beds shared by the six children living in the older Mayixhale house. (Paul Botes/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

‘Politicians take our votes and then they do nothing’

The M&G returns to the Mayixhale household, in the Eastern Cape, for the fourth time since the 2004 elections

  • Sarah Smit
9 min read
Bhonani Mayixhale, the matriarch of the family. She has since died. (Paul Botes/M&G)
2009 ELECTIONS

A long, hard wait

Before the 2004 elections the Mail & Guardian visited the Mayixhale family in a village outside Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.

  • Mandy Rossouw
  • Paul Botes
7 min read
Bonani Mayixhale, who lives near Lusikisiki, sums up the problem: “We would like any toilet, but without a plumbing system and running waler the best we can have is the govern­ment one.” (Paul Botes/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

‘I pray to God to take away this poverty’

The Eastern Cape has some of the poorest districts in the country, according to Statistics South Africa

  • Nawaal Deane
15 min read