Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench
By Chris Gilili
News | 22 June 2023
Video: Meet Hout Bay’s Super Sandman
Innocent Zunga creates beautiful sculptures using beach sand
Video | 22 June 2023
Hundreds march to Gugulethu clinic demanding better service
Protesters want a new hospital to be built
News | 21 June 2023
Cape Town winter readiness does not include the townships, says Khayelitsha community leader
But the City says illegal occupiers of a wetland area have blocked outlets, causing flooding
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 June 2023
City of Cape Town and national government in spat over homeless people living at the Castle
Land belongs to Public Works department
News | 20 June 2023
Homeless man had not intended to fight officer who shot him dead, claims witness
Defence argues that the officer was being attacked when the shot went off that killed Dumisani Joxo in Cape Town last year
News | 20 June 2023
In photos: Cape Town’s flooded townships
June’s not over and already recorded rainfall far exceeds the month’s average
By Chris Gilili and Vincent Lali
Brief | 19 June 2023
Somali shop owners fear turf war between extortion gangs
“Policing” in Philippi is done by criminal syndicates
News | 19 June 2023
Video: River cuts off Citrusdal
Citrusdal residents have been isolated in their town since Wednesday evening after flooding cut off access to the Cederberg town. Some residents are stranded outside with no way to return to their homes.
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
News | 17 June 2023