Articles for Thembela Ntongana

Arrests after Masiphumelele protest cuts cycle tour short

Residents block roads in support of housing demands

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News | 13 March 2017

Smouldering discontent in Masiphumelele years after fire

Residents are dissatisfied by the ward councillor’s written response to their memorandum

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Brief | 10 March 2017

Owners shocked as school transport vehicles impounded

Masiphumelele owners say they were not told about enforcement of permit

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News | 10 March 2017

Masiphumelele pupils get their bus at last

But 50 learners still have to hitchhike to school everyday

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News | 9 March 2017

Protests start again at troubled Khayelitsha school

Police use stun grenades to stop student demonstrators entering school

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News | 3 March 2017

Angry residents stone fire engines for “being late”

Phumani Village residents say firefighters arrived after the community already had control of the blaze

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Brief | 1 March 2017

Andile Jadu is only 21 and his home has already been demolished four times

A look at the human and financial cost for one young man of City shack demolitions

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News | 24 February 2017

Will Metrorail users have to wait 17 years for decent service?

Service is getting worse, but Prasa promises to get it working … by 2034

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News | 22 February 2017

Masiphumelele residents march to Fish Hoek to demand better living conditions

Protesters call on municipality to provide electricity and sanitation to everyone living in the township’s informal settlement

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News | 14 February 2017

Crossroads parents shut down school

“We are fed up .. with the bad condition of the school”

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News | 14 February 2017

Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land

SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents

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News | 12 February 2017

Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property

“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”

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News | 9 February 2017

People’s Assembly calls for Zuma to resign

Numerous civil society organisations hold “real state of the nation address” in St George’s Cathedral

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News | 8 February 2017

Toddler recovering after fall from broken railway bridge

A railing was missing from the Metrorail bridge in Khayelitsha

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News | 7 February 2017

Masiphumelele school launches turnaround plan

Campaign to boost matric pass rate from 48% to 84%

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Brief | 24 January 2017