Articles for Pharie Sefali

Spaza music - a new urban culture

Spaza music is an expression of black, urban, hip-hop music. It originated among the youth in townships around South Africa.

Pharie Sefali

News | 4 September 2013

Police receiving sensitivity training

Hundreds gathered in Gugulethu last week when Deputy Minister of Police Makhotsho Maggie Sotyu addressed the relationship between the police, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community and sex workers.

Pharie Sefali

News | 3 September 2013

Unsolved deaths in police custody

In December 2011, residents of Nyanga were furious when they heard about the death of Kwezi Mbatsha in police custody.

Pharie Sefali

News | 28 August 2013

60 days before matric examinations - how are Dinaledi schools in Khayelitsha faring?

There are seven Dinaledi schools, but learners see The Centre of Science and Technology (COSAT) as the only answer to succeeding in physical science and maths for matric.

Pharie Sefali

News | 28 August 2013

Khayelitsha residents take gang problem into their own hands

Residents in Khayelitsha are complaining about the rise of gangsterism in the area, and that the police are not doing enough to eliminate the problem.

Pharie Sefali

News | 21 August 2013

Protests against “harrasment” of Angy Peter

On Sunday activists from the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) staged a picket outside the Langa Methodist Church where National Police Commissoner Riah Phiyega was addressing a Women’s Day Service.

Pharie Sefali

News | 14 August 2013

Celebrating Women’s month through music and poetry

On Sunday 11 August, young people from different parts of Cape Town gathered together at Ragazzi Bar in Loop Street to celebrate women’s month.

Pharie Sefali

Brief | 14 August 2013

Disability not a barrier to Talking Souls visual artists

Free tickets to watch an intriguing international collaborative production.

Pharie Sefali

Brief | 7 August 2013

Riot breaks out at Matthew Goniwe High School in Khayelitsha

A riot broke out at Matthew Goniwe High School in Site B, Khayelitsha from about 1pm to 2pm this afternoon.

Pharie Sefali

Brief | 31 July 2013