The foul smell of stagnant sewage water and the sight of vandalised toilet seats covered in faeces are part of the daily lives of residents of PJS section in Khayelitsha who live close to the toilets.
Barbara Maregele
News | 30 May 2014
The "dying declaration" allegedly made to police by Rowan du Preez, who was kidnapped and murdered, should be regarded as hearsay, the defence told the Cape High Court during closing arguments in the case against Angy Peter yesterday morning.
Barbara Maregele
News | 30 May 2014
The police have been inefficient In Khayelitsha. This was the concession of police lawyers at the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry during its final public hearing yesterday.
Adam Armstrong
News | 30 May 2014
Stephan Welz of art auction house Strauss & Co has apologised for suggesting that murder charges against artist Zwelethu Mthethwa might boost sales of his work.
Joy Shan
News | 30 May 2014
Sounds of the Khoikhoi language fill a hall at the Castle of Good Hope where classes to teach South Africa’s first indigenous language are held every weekend.
Yazeed Kamaldien
News | 29 May 2014
North West province mineworkers striking for better salaries are lobbying with the power of film to gain support for their cause countrywide.
Yazeed Kamaldien
News | 29 May 2014
Already hit by drought, small farmers in the Upington area will now have to pay fees to graze their animals on common land.
Selby Nomnganga
News | 29 May 2014
Cape Town’s Kyle Brinkmann, who goes by the stage name Das Kapital, has been featured at most of SA's biggest music festivals. But it was when he entered a competition to win breast augmentation surgery that he really got everyone's attention.
Zethu Gqola
News | 28 May 2014
No arrests have yet been made after the death of 13-year-old Tariro Makalakata earlier this month.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 28 May 2014
Supporters and accusers of a pastor accused of rape demonstrated outside the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court during his bail hearing yesterday.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 27 May 2014
They fight to kill - with pangas, knives and their bare hands. They don't know why the fighting began but it doesn't seem to matter. Proving your manhood doesn't require a reason.
Words: Pharie Sefali Images: Don Pinnock Editing: Guy Lamb
News | 27 May 2014
Two cardboard boxes, a tattered blanket, plastic sheets and old newspapers are the only things shielding 53-year-old Geraldine Rhoda and her children from the icy winter chill.
Barbara Maregele
News | 27 May 2014
The Angy Peter case resumed on Monday with a brief but significant submission from Nobuntu Sifuba, a member of the Street Committee in the area where Rowan Du Preez lived.
Adam Armstrong
News | 27 May 2014
It’s just before 7pm and the dining hall of the Haven Night Shelter in Green Point has filled with people--most waiting to get their first meal for the day.
Barbara Maregele
News | 27 May 2014
A group of young people mainly from townships are growing their own vegetables in the Tyisanabanye organic farming project on the slopes of Signal Hill overlooking the city.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 27 May 2014