Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 1 July 2019
A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years
Brief | 28 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
News | 24 June 2019
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
News | 18 June 2019
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
Brief | 24 April 2019
Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks
Brief | 1 April 2019
“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2019
We will not give you our votes if you lie to us, warns protester
Brief | 13 March 2019
Upgrade to Kanana Village means a hundred residents need to demolish their shacks
News | 12 March 2019
Coal-fired plants breached legal emission levels 3,200 times in 21 months
By John Yeld
News | 26 February 2019
“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Thembela Ntongana and Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 February 2019
Coal-fired power plant plans are “dragging the country’s efforts to address climate change backwards”
Brief | 11 December 2018
It has been a month since a fire displaced 800 people
Brief | 3 December 2018
Port Elizabeth informal settlement divided on relocation and development
News | 29 November 2018
But municipality says project can’t be completed because area is not safe
News | 20 November 2018