BRIEF
2 August 2019
“Even if we get electrical boxes for ten houses, that is fine. We will pay,” says Philippi resident
By Velani Ludidi
NEWS
19 July 2019
Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
4 July 2019
Supply chain management office closed by demonstrators ahead of R50 million tender deadline in PE
By Thamsanqa Mbovane
2 July 2019
Siyanda Nyovane is head of his household and lives in a shack. The 19-year-old has kept himself and his younger brother in school for years
By Ella Ndongeni
1 July 2019
Eskom installed a new transformer in the area in June
By Nompendulo Ngubane
PHOTO ESSAY
Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
28 June 2019
A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years
24 June 2019
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
23 June 2019
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
18 June 2019
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
24 April 2019
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
By Tariro Washinyira
1 April 2019
Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks
By Joseph Chirume
15 March 2019
“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”
By Vincent Lali
13 March 2019
We will not give you our votes if you lie to us, warns protester
12 March 2019
Upgrade to Kanana Village means a hundred residents need to demolish their shacks
By Lisekho Madikane
26 February 2019
Coal-fired plants breached legal emission levels 3,200 times in 21 months
By John Yeld
