Articles for Vincent Lali

Photo of blocked and overflowing toilets.

“We have no place to defecate” says Khayelitsha resident

City has promised to fix blocked toilets in Green Point informal settlement, but blames land occupiers for problem

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News | 28 June 2018

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Officials don’t understand how much I struggle to survive, says land occupier

Shacks demolished on state-owned land in Khayelitsha

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News | 26 June 2018

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Khayelitsha residents demand toilets, water and electricity

“We have had enough of living in squalor,” says shack-dweller

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News | 20 June 2018

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Toilets blocked for nearly a year

City of Cape Town blames vandalism for the mess

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News | 20 June 2018

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Khayelitsha residents destroy shack in xenophobic attack

“People destroyed my shack and took everything. They say they don’t want a kwere kwere to stay here.”

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News | 11 June 2018

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Mfuleni shack-dwellers have been using an open field as a toilet. Now even the field is too dirty

Communal toilets in Burundi informal settlement haven’t been cleaned since January

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News | 8 June 2018

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Tsunami residents demand toilets and a clean neighbourhood

“Sometimes residents return from the bushes undressed after thugs rob them of their clothes and hard-earned cash.”

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News | 4 June 2018

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Our lives have changed for the better, say land occupiers

Former Khayelitsha backyarders say their financial problems have been eased, but councillor warns that land is unsuitable for living

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News | 30 May 2018

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Protest over police handling of lesbian murder

Gender and gay rights organisations march to Delft police station

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News | 21 May 2018