Articles for Vincent Lali

Shack dwellers raise their own funds for flood relief

“City doesn’t send officials to help residents whose shacks are flooded, so we made a decision to help ourselves,” says Marikana resident

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Photo Essay | 8 August 2019

Short of money and desperate, Khayelitsha residents start land occupation

“Sometimes we sleep on empty stomachs because we have no food”

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News | 24 July 2019

Parents lock principal up in primary school

“We want each classroom to have 30 kids like in white schools” says community leader

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News | 11 July 2019

Minister hears allegations against police after 11 murdered on weekend

Residents claim police are under resourced, corrupt, in cahoots with criminals, and that the station commander hasn’t been seen since 2018.

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News | 9 July 2019

Woman has waited seven years in cold, leaking shack for builders to finish her RDP house

People’s Housing Process contractor went into liquidation, says City

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News | 3 July 2019

Mother can’t afford to bury her son, found dead days after police arrested him

“There is no evidence that his death was due to police action” says IPID

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News | 21 June 2019

70-year-old shackdweller gets R18,581 water bill

City of Cape Town says residents of informal settlements are not charged for water

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News | 14 June 2019

Shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive after demolitions

Protesters claim shacks were occupied

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Brief | 4 June 2019

Nyanga fire victims unable to rebuild their homes

The City says it will now be assisting the families left homeless by the fire nearly a month ago

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Brief | 30 May 2019

Family killed by fire in RDP house

Twayisa Myathaza and her three children were the victims of a faulty electricity box, say witnesses

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News | 21 May 2019

Fisantekraal residents unhappy with quality of RDP houses

They demand the Public Protector intervenes

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Brief | 16 May 2019

Learners and teachers shut down overcrowded Kraaifontein school

“I battle to check whether all 70 learners [in my class] have done their homework” says teacher

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Brief | 16 May 2019

Cape Town paramedics protest against work hours

Union also demands health department takes over salary payments of NGO community workers

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Brief | 3 May 2019

Protesters burn Khayelitsha health facility

“The clinic helps us with tests for chronic diseases. Now we will have to travel long distances to other areas to get treatment”

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News | 26 April 2019

Water protests disrupt Khayelitsha

City says it met residents and addressed their concerns the night before the unrest

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News | 11 April 2019