Articles for Vincent Lali
Canoeist brothers clean up Khayelitsha wetland
Hours spent every week removing invasive water hyacinth and rubbish
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 August 2023
Housing activists march to President’s doorstep
The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement
By Matthew Hirsch and Vincent Lali
News | 23 August 2023
Families flee Cape Town informal settlements under threat
Nearby backyarders hope for houses, though the City of Cape Town says the land is “lost” for housing
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 August 2023
Learners treated to drumming, art and a walk through of Langa’s iconic history
Community leader Alfred Magwaca says more Langa Centenary celebration events have been planned for the coming weeks
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 11 August 2023
Jobless residents clean up rubbish dumps in Nyanga East
Volunteers work from 9am to 1pm on weekdays
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 8 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
Six family members, including three children, die in Khayelitsha shack fire
One person is still being treated in hospital for life-threatening burns
By Vincent Lali
News | 31 July 2023
Over 1,000 shack dwellers protest: “We are tired of living in squalor”
City of Cape Town accused of “persistent failure to collect rubbish ” in informal settlements
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 July 2023
Two die in Khayelitsha shack fire
Victims of Blowy informal settlement fire were meant to have been relocated
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 July 2023