Articles for Vincent Lali
Community gardeners dig in against attempts to evict them
New Khayelitsha vegetable garden is on land set aside for a provincial housing project
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 February 2021
Without money to rebuild their shacks, Khayelitsha fire victims are living in churches
“Sometimes they have gas but no food. Other times they have food but no gas.”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 9 February 2021
Victim of metro police violence still waiting for a new wheelchair
Zwelenkosi Ngidi’s wheelchair was broken in November last year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 February 2021
No water to douse raging fire: 70 left homeless
Shackdwellers had to fetch water from another informal settlement
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 January 2021
Khayelitsha residents rally to help fire victims
Community wants New Year’s Day fire to be declared a local disaster
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 January 2021
Residents of Cape Town informal settlements share their challenges
The City has said that most parcels of occupied land are not suitable for housing or permanent bulk services
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 December 2020
Women march for farm and land rights
“Land now, food forever” demand activist organisations
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 December 2020
Thousands of health workers march for permanent employment
“We put our lives at risk but we are not permanently employed”
By Vincent Lali, Nokulunga Majola and Joseph Chirume
News | 26 November 2020
Health workers say they have to meet their supervisors under a tree in Khayelitsha
They are picketing for better working conditions and wages
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 November 2020