Articles for Vincent Lali
Police open murder case after man shot during Cape Town protest
SAPS says the shooting was not related to a protest by shack dwellers from Taiwan settlement in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 6 July 2023
Health workers protest at Lentegeur hospital
Unhappiness over payments and workers left jobless
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 29 June 2023
Woman allocated an RDP house years ago still lives in a shack
Bomkazi Sitela’s RDP house in Mandela Park was illegally occupied
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 29 June 2023
Khayelitsha residents fed up with years of delays in housing project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 “housing opportunities” will only begin next year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 27 June 2023
Taps not tankers say land occupiers in Cape Town
“We are wary of using water from the tankers because of what happened in Hammanskraal”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 June 2023
Cape Town winter readiness does not include the townships, says Khayelitsha community leader
But the City says illegal occupiers of a wetland area have blocked outlets, causing flooding
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 June 2023
In photos: Cape Town’s flooded townships
June’s not over and already recorded rainfall far exceeds the month’s average
By Chris Gilili and Vincent Lali
Brief | 19 June 2023
Blankets and food needed in Cape Town’s flooded informal settlements
Some learners have missed examinations
By Tariro Washinyira, Vincent Lali, Masixole Feni and Peter Luhanga
Photo Essay | 15 June 2023
Illegal connections to blame for leaving learners in the dark, says Eskom
Staff of Bloekombos High School make photocopies at neighbouring schools for exams
By Vincent Lali
News | 14 June 2023