Articles for Vincent Lali

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Shack dwellers live in filth in Kraaifontein

Residents depend on neighbours in RDP houses for basic services

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News | 4 May 2018

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Much needed Cape rain floods homes

Khayelitsha residents wake early to find their shacks soaking

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Photo Essay | 27 April 2018

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SASSA’s disastrous disaster management

Residents were left without blankets and food after a fire in Wallacedene in February despite the City of Cape Town having notified SASSA officials

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News | 20 April 2018

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Trapped in Bholobholo without a toilet for 10 years

City says sanitation and water taps will be installed in May

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News | 18 April 2018

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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

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News | 16 April 2018

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Wallacedene fire victims want electricity restored

Increased hardships and fire risk as shack dwellers wait months for Eskom

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News | 13 April 2018

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Neighbours help land occupiers living in “unbearable conditions”

Mfuleni backyarders stay in large rickety shack

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News | 9 April 2018

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Relocated Khayelitsha residents want the basic services they were promised

Residents say ward councillor Andile Lili said they would get electricity, taps and toilets

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News | 5 April 2018

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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

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Brief | 26 March 2018