Articles for Vincent Lali
Janitors struggle to cope with Wallacedene’s filthy toilets
City promises immunisation shots for workers and that all necessary equipment and chemicals will be delivered
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 July 2017
10111 agents down phones
Call centre employees strike over poor working conditions and low salaries
By Vincent Lali
News | 19 July 2017
Where a house for one means homelessness for another
Many people have lost their backyard shacks after RDP houses built in Wallacedene
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 July 2017
Families in the dark waiting for Eskom
Many Wallacedene residents have been without electricity because of faulty installation
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 July 2017
Khayelitsha residents build “speed bumps” after man killed by speeding taxi
In protest they also blocked a main road with a shipping container
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 27 June 2017
Formal homeowners fight informal settlement neighbours over electricity
“We know we break the law by making illegal connections but we have no choice”
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 June 2017
Agents threaten to close down police call centre
Call centre agents say salary increase was agreed to in 2013
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 7 June 2017
RDP recipients want mouldy, cracked houses fixed
Khayelitsha residents say badly built homes should be fixed and maintained by the state
By Vincent Lali
News | 30 May 2017
Cops close shop because it is “foreign-owned”
Wallacedene residents react angrily to what appears to be officially sanctioned xenophobia
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 May 2017