Articles for Sandiso Phaliso
Family of man shot by police in Philippi say they waited five hours for an ambulance
Mhlangabezi Skeyi was shot while trying to connect electricity illegaly
News | 24 May 2023
City of Cape Town to launch new unit to protect workers in Philippi
Reward offered for information leading to arrests of anyone targeting City staff
News | 17 May 2023
Philippi pair beat crime and Covid with fast-food business
Estratweni Mobile Foods bounced back from pandemic
Feature | 15 May 2023
Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish
Crime has free rein in one of Cape Town’s poorest suburbs
Feature | 27 April 2023
Community blames loadshedding for fire that left 300 people homeless
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times.
Brief | 10 February 2023
City withdraws workers after crew robbed yet again in Philippi
Workers will only return when being escorted by “already overstretched” law enforcement officers
Brief | 12 January 2023
“It’s survival of the fittest” says blind homeless woman
No homeless shelters or “safe spaces” in Mitchells Plain
News | 2 August 2022
Philippi police station is only open during daylight
Station only certifies documents and executes protection orders in an area where 67 people were murdered last year
News | 25 July 2022
For Unakho Kewana, loadshedding is life-threatening
East London 18-year-old can’t breathe properly without her oxygen device
Brief | 6 July 2022