Cement company has been waiting for approval to build this bridge since August 2020
By Mosa Damane
News | 19 February 2021
Homes built for Soweto hostel residents in 2010 will have to be demolished and rebuilt
By Mosa Damane
News | 17 November 2020
“I heard the government extended the grant for three months, but I am still waiting for my first payment to be approved”
By Mosa Damane
News | 22 October 2020
Eskom says substation will be fixed by Friday afternoon
By Mosa Damane
Brief | 21 August 2020
R50,000 worth of food and six computers stolen from Sizanani Caregivers
By Mosa Damane
News | 3 July 2020
Amos Khumalo built a footbridge for his community in Soweto
By Mosa Damane
News | 5 June 2020
Spaza shop owner says ban on alcohol and tobacco has cost him R25,000
By Mosa Damane
News | 15 May 2020
“My teammates treat me with respect and dignity. I’ve never felt harassed or experienced any form of violence and abuse.”
By Mosa Damane
Feature | 24 October 2019
What victims and perpetrators of Soweto’s xenophobic violence say
By Mosa Damane
Feature | 10 September 2018
Whiteboy and Tupac are chilling on a bench in New Canada station before their usual high-octane commute to school. Whiteboy, aged 18 and in grade 11 at a former model C school in Jozi, wears a striped T-shirt, shorts and brown suede shoes. He’s smoking Dunhill Courtleigh blends. His “macala” (friend) Tupac is a year younger, with short hair, neat in school rig and black toughees (school shoes) with red laces, high as a kite on weed, with sleepy red eyes. Their excited schoolgirl fans can’t wait to see the action.
Mosa Damane
Feature | 9 April 2015
Last week, residents of Soweto’s Mzimhlophe Women’s Hostel were at the forefront of a crowd that occupied 66 new homes at the hostel site which have stood empty for over seven years.
Mosa Damane
News | 17 February 2015
“I heard a loud noise from the looters outside the supermarket,” recalls 76-year-old Joseph Tau. “I could hear footsteps on the roof and knew they were coming for us."
Mosa Damane
News | 4 February 2015