Articles for Sandiso Phaliso
Taxi drivers chase school children in day of violence in Cape Town
Truck driver describes his narrow escape after his vehicle was torched by mob
By Sandiso Phaliso and Qaqamba Falithenjwa
News | 7 August 2023
Lives of poor and working class people upended by violent taxi strike
“Ordinary people like me are the ones suffering” says patient as clinic services impacted by taxi strike
By Sandiso Phaliso, Matthew Hirsch and Vincent Lali
News | 4 August 2023
Thousands of commuters stranded, vehicles petrol bombed and traffic gridlocked as taxi strike causes chaos on Cape Town roads
City seeking urgent interdict against the taxi strike
By Matthew Hirsch, Sandiso Phaliso and Liezl Human
News | 3 August 2023
Khayelitsha volunteers roll up sleeves to clean up uncollected rubbish
Residents say the contractor stopped cleaning over two months ago because of a dispute with the City
News | 1 August 2023
Ten years after GroundUp revealed her plight, a disabled woman and her autistic son are still living in a tiny shack with no electricity or sanitation
Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better
News | 27 July 2023
Khayelitsha families rally to help bury three children who died after playing on dump site
City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths
News | 25 July 2023
Painting, knitting and cooking: Mandela Day brings people together
Activities ranged from painting an animal clinic, knitting for charity and taking free health services to the doorsteps of elderly people
By Liezl Human, Sandiso Phaliso and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 18 July 2023
Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding better housing
Shack dwellers and backyarders say their living conditions are unbearable
Brief | 17 July 2023
No bail for Langa woman accused of scalding toddler
The 22-year-old will appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court in September on an attempted murder charge
Brief | 17 July 2023