“They left us with nothing. I don’t know where I will go now” says Khayelitsha occupier
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 March 2020
The City of Cape Town acted on a court order at the weekend demolishing dozens of shacks
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 March 2020
“It’s easy to keep your hands clean when you stay in a house because you have a tap inside, but it’s difficult when you have to walk long, tiring distances to fetch water”
By Vincent Lali, James Stent, Nathan Geffen and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 12 March 2020
We patrol around the township barehanded, say members
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 March 2020
Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights
By Ashraf Hendricks, Tariro Washinyira and Vincent Lali
News | 26 February 2020
Protesters want serviced sites but City of Cape Town says shacks were illegally erected on its land
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 25 February 2020
Wallacedene shack dwellers say they had no water to extinguish the blaze
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 February 2020
Equal Education activists picketed Alan Winde’s state of the province address in Mitchells Plain
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 21 February 2020
Province says that it has allocated money for security; condemns protest during school hours
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 February 2020
Masibambane High has 407 learners in one grade alone
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 February 2020
Avanza drivers forced to turn around
By Vincent Lali
News | 27 January 2020
Parents demand temporary classrooms to accommodate learners who were sent home
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 January 2020
Zweledinga informal settlement in Khayelitsha destroyed
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 January 2020
Kuyasa clinic usually treats about 400 patients per day
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 January 2020
People who received title deeds in 2016 say they will stop new arrivals moving into Forest Village
By Vincent Lali
News | 31 October 2019
Deluge of rain over weekend leaves shacks and roads waterlogged
By Vincent Lali, Masixole Feni and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 28 October 2019