Daughter suspects they went to bed when the electricity cut and forgot to switch off a stove
Brief | 7 July 2022
Families in Marcus Garvey informal settlement are living with a large pool of stagnant sewer water behind their homes
Brief | 7 July 2022
Three fires in West Bank, Nyanga and Philippi also left scores of people homeless
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 4 July 2022
Khayelitsha residents protested on Thursday, demanding SASSA open more service sites
News | 30 June 2022
Mfuleni family loses three members in a fire. Two children are still fighting for their lives in hospital.
Brief | 29 June 2022
In a Khayelitsha neighbourhood, it’s so bad that instead of using the City-supplied toilets, people are defecating in buckets and throwing the waste in a field
News | 27 June 2022
Clean up operations underway across city on Wednesday morning
By Siphokazi Mnyobe and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 15 June 2022
Delft residents demand work on Symphony Way project
News | 9 June 2022
Equal Education Law Centre inundated with requests from desperate parents of unplaced learners
News | 8 June 2022
Community leaders call for Amahlathi municipality to be disbanded
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 6 June 2022
Seven learners placed in schools but some cannot get to them
Brief | 3 June 2022
Teachers at Matthew Goniwe Memorial High say they are being targeted by criminals in the area
Brief | 31 May 2022
But there’s good news for seven children who are part of the case brought by the Equal Education Law Centre. They will start school next week.
News | 28 May 2022
Khayelitsha Grade 12s angry at cancellation of extra classes
News | 25 May 2022
Her grandmother says she’s has been to the Western Cape Education Department more than ten times over the past two years
News | 25 May 2022
Residents say large families are cramped into small shacks at Zamimpilo informal settlement in Khayelitsha. But the City says they are unlawfully occupying land that is earmarked for development.
News | 19 May 2022