Articles for Thembela Ntongana

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Masiphumelele residents show Public Protector how they live

“We stay in a pigsty”

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News | 8 May 2017

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New police stations promised for Cape Town townships

Deputy Minister vows to divert funds from Muizenberg “palace” police station project

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News | 24 April 2017

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Imizamo Yethu businesses struggling after fire

Owners plead for help from City

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News | 20 April 2017

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Mayor De Lille says Hout Bay community has given go-ahead for reblocking

But many Imizamo Yethu residents affected by last month’s fire oppose City’s plans

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News | 13 April 2017

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SAPS prioritises rich white communities, protesters claim

Opposition to planned R100 million Muizenberg police station upgrade

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News | 11 April 2017

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Masiphumelele High School fund-raising campaign beats target

R112,000 already raised for school improvements

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Brief | 10 April 2017

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“I want to die of old age not because I was murdered by some low life thug”

While much of the country protested against the president, residents of Ocean View expressed their frustration with crime

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News | 7 April 2017

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Khayelitsha residents debate policing with Members of Parliament

“What is happening in Khayelitsha reflects what is happening in other black communities across South Africa”

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News | 6 April 2017

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Relief as social grants paid out

But deductions continue, say beneficiaries

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News | 4 April 2017

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Imizamo Yethu residents to oppose City interdict

Unresolved disputes over reblocking following fire

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News | 4 April 2017

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“Crooks who only care about their pockets”

Social grant recipients angry about deductions

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News | 31 March 2017

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Fire victims in Imizamo Yethu agree to halt rebuilding

Residents want City to explain re-blocking plans on site

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News | 24 March 2017

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Reblocking at Imizamo Yethu suspended

City obtains an interdict against rebuilders

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News | 20 March 2017

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Community faces uncertain future after fire in Imizamo Yethu

Mixed reaction among residents to City plans to reblock

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News | 17 March 2017

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Masiphumelele residents want permission to occupy vacant City land

Meeting between City officials and residents started and ended chaotically

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News | 15 March 2017

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Shacks demolished for reblocking after Hout Bay fire

Fire victims ask where they are supposed to sleep

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News | 13 March 2017