Articles for Bernard Chiguvare
Barcelona’s garbage finally collected
The City of Cape Town has begun collecting the rubbish that has been piling up in front of people's homes in Barcelona informal settlement.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 18 September 2015
Where are the cops, ask Masiphumelele residents
Masiphumelele residents gathered in shock today around the ashes of a young man killed in a mob justice attack in Myeza Road last night. Residents have been complaining about inadequate policing in the township, which does not have its own police station.
Bernard Chiguvare and Pasqua Heard
News | 16 September 2015
Zimbabweans in SA feel pinch of weak rand
Zimbabweans living in South Africa are feeling the pinch of the steep fall of the rand against the US dollar. Because they are earning rands, they are able to send less money home.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 14 September 2015
City programme helps homeless rebuild their lives
Khulu* lived on Table Mountain for two years, eating in soup kitchens, until he found work sweeping streets as part of a programme run by the City of Cape Town and Khulisa Social Solutions. Today he has a job and owns a wendy house in Khayelitsha.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 10 September 2015
Cape Town’s informal recycling squad
Robert Thompson has been collecting material for recycling in Cape Town since 1999. On an average day he makes R100, selling the cardboard and paper he collects to Harrington Buy Back Centre (HBBC) in the city centre.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 7 September 2015
Minister’s promise to review Zimbabwean permits welcomed
The promise by Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba that rejected applications for Zimbabwean Special Permits are to be reviewed has been welcomed.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 1 September 2015
Call for parliament’s HIV committee to be revived
Civil society groups have called for the revival of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on HIV & AIDS.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 27 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
No room for the homeless
Non-profit organisations in Cape Town say they are doing their best to assist homeless people living on the streets of the city, but there are simply not enough shelters or beds. The City’s street people enumeration project counted 7,383 homeless, of whom 2,521 were sleeping in shelters.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 20 August 2015