Articles for Vincent Lali
“I grabbed my son and a suitcase packed with clothes” says fire victim describing a chaotic scene
More than 50 Capetonians have been left in the rain with nowhere to sleep tonight
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 June 2021
Langa residents are fed up with their police
Community leaders claim their safety patrol is more effective than SAPS
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 17 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
No budget for janitors at Cape Town informal settlement
Residents of Siyanyanzela have been buying their own pipes to fix communal toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 May 2021
Mfuleni’s “illegal” school struggling to cope
2,000 students have three toilets and one tap
By Vincent Lali
News | 5 May 2021
Community health workers confront Mkhize with memorandum of demands
“What can we do with a R3,500 stipend? We have to send our kids to school and pay rent”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 April 2021
“Illegal” school teaches hundreds of learners education department hasn’t placed
Mfuleni Combined School is run by volunteers and based in an illegally occupied college
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 April 2021
Living in Covid village in Cape Town
City says occupation is illegal and it has no funds for such unplanned settlements
By Vincent Lali
Photo Essay | 14 April 2021
Over a thousand learners protest for school to be recognised
Schools shut down in Mfuleni by protesters
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 April 2021