Articles for Vincent Lali
Khayelitsha land occupiers describe their desperation
About 230 out of an initial 500 people remain, some having had their shacks demolished three times, and yet new land occupiers keep arriving
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 April 2018
Wallacedene fire victims want electricity restored
Increased hardships and fire risk as shack dwellers wait months for Eskom
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 April 2018
Neighbours help land occupiers living in “unbearable conditions”
Mfuleni backyarders stay in large rickety shack
By Vincent Lali
News | 9 April 2018
Relocated Khayelitsha residents want the basic services they were promised
Residents say ward councillor Andile Lili said they would get electricity, taps and toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 5 April 2018
Shack dwellers rebuild a third time after demolitions in Mfuleni
Residents are not building to cause trouble, but because they have no place to stay, says community leader
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 26 March 2018
Evicted land occupiers take refuge in crèche
Dozens of children and adults left homeless after City demolitions in Kraaifontein
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 March 2018
Mfuleni’s evicted land occupiers squat in makeshift communal shacks
“The shack becomes jam-packed in the evening”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 19 March 2018
New land occupation in Kraaifontein
93 families say they wish to establish a crime free informal settlement for themselves
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 13 March 2018
City removes 182 shacks in Khayelitsha
Some residents squeezed new structures among existing homes in Msindweni informal settlement
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 12 March 2018