Articles for Sandiso Phaliso

Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish

Crime has free rein in one of Cape Town’s poorest suburbs

By

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.

By

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

By

Brief | 12 January 2023

“It’s survival of the fittest” says blind homeless woman

No homeless shelters or “safe spaces” in Mitchells Plain

By

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

By

News | 25 July 2022

For Unakho Kewana, loadshedding is life-threatening

East London 18-year-old can’t breathe properly without her oxygen device

By

Brief | 6 July 2022