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Langa rugby club holds on against CPUT

Busy Bees Rugby Club of Langa hosted Cape Peninsula University for Technology (CPUT) on Saturday. Both teams are in the City Region League and hope to be promoted to the higher Super C league.

Siyabonga Kalipa

News | 13 May 2014

Teaching Khayelitsha children computer skills

Sibongile Mbele is an Information Technology (IT) specialist from Khayelitsha. He owns a business that assists people in the township mostly with computer problems. At the same time, he tutors young people from ages five to fifteen.

Pharie Sefali

News | 13 May 2014

Skateboarding will hopefully make Nyanga’s kids safer

Nyanga is one of the most dangerous townships in the country. It leads the country in number of murders per capita. But Nyanga youth are trying to change the image their township.

Siyabonga Kalipa

News | 12 May 2014

Mandalay women’s hockey team holds their own despite challenges

The newly opened Hockey Turf in Langa stadium was put in action this past weekend. Mandalay Girls Hockey Club hosted the Ou Ballies Hockey Club from Bellville.

Siyabonga Kalipa

News | 12 May 2014

O’Regan compares distribution of police resources to apartheid

Jean Redpath, a criminologist at the University of Western Cape, was the first person to testify in the second phase of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry, which started at Lookout Hill this morning. Redpath argued that the formula used to calculate police resource allocation is irrational.

Adam Armstrong

News | 12 May 2014

The voting is over “” Forward to new battles

The voting is over, the counting complete — and there have been no major surprises. But for many it will be recriminations rather than celebrations that will follow what will almost certainly be regarded as a watershed election, signalling changes to come.

Terry Bell

News | 12 May 2014

R100 a week for water - prepaid water meters forced on Parow residents

Tenants in Victoria Court, who are mostly immigrants, are unhappy with the prepaid water system installed without their knowledge in April. They say they never signed a new rental agreement or agreed to pay for water on top of their rent.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 9 May 2014

How I was raped in prison

Denial and a homophobic culture means rape of male prisoners by other men remains prison’s dirty secret. Pharie Sefali interviewed a young man who was raped in prison.

Pharie Sefali

News | 9 May 2014

My Mark. My Vote!

News | 8 May 2014