We will not be silent on crime, say Khayelitsha organisations
Around 200 people from several social justice organisations took part in a march to parliament on Tuesday, for safety, equality and justice.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 25 August 2015
South Africa’s 5 million working poor
Every day millions across South Africa do arduous work in jobs that cannot keep them and their dependants out of poverty. These are the “working poor” and according to a new study, there are about five and half million of them.
Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 25 August 2015
Maths lab for Masiphumelele students
Students at Ukanyo Primary School in Masiphumelele informal settlement are taking part in a Maths Lab initiative designed to boost their maths skills.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 25 August 2015
Poor chemistry between City and community over sanitation contract
The Khayelitsha Green Point White Hall was packed on Saturday as residents came to air their grievances at a community hearing on sanitation and housing issues in the area. The community hearing was based on the findings of a social audit conducted with support from the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) between 4 and 14 August.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 25 August 2015
The costs of transferring money to Zimbabwe
The cost of sending money across national borders has been falling rapidly over the last ten years, everywhere in the world, but Sub-Saharan Africa is the most expensive region, and sending money from South Africa to neighbouring countries appears to carry the highest costs of all.
Ben Stanwix and Tariro Washinyira
News | 24 August 2015
No better than sleeping under a tree for 20 years, says ailing woman
Fifty-six-year-old Fikile Mlotshwa (not her real name) from Imbali in Pietermaritzburg has had to bear the winter cold and summer rains in a leaking mud house for over 20 years. She tested HIV positive 10 years ago and she is on ARV medication.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 24 August 2015
Hip hop brings peace to the street
Andile Thetha turned his love for hip hop into a way to spread peace in a community plagued by crime, unemployment and drugs.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 24 August 2015
Khayelitsha residents challenge eviction in court
Lawyers representing residents of Newcastle informal settlement in Khayelitsha are to challenge the City of Cape Town's compliance with eviction orders in court on Wednesday, 26 August.
Barbara Maregele
News | 24 August 2015
South Africa, colonialism, language and China
The whole question of colonialism has come to the fore again, courtesy of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and its vehement objection to the introduction of the Chinese Mandarin dialect to local schools.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 24 August 2015