
The indignity of life without water
Residents say it’s ‘inhumane’ to function without water as it strips people of their dignity and makes life much harder during a global pandemic.
Residents say it’s ‘inhumane’ to function without water as it strips people of their dignity and makes life much harder during a global pandemic.
Buhle Sithela started his cinema project with his earnings from washing bins, giving township children a free cinema experience they would ordinarily not be able to afford without his intervention.
The City of Cape Town says it has no budget for relief efforts after a New Year’s Day blaze in Khayelitsha’s Taiwan shack settlement left about 500 people homeless.
The Western Cape Education Department is accused of flouting regulations in awarding contracts after giving prospective bidders hardly any time to prepare their applications.
The families of those killed during the 1985 Trojan Horse Massacre are proposing the use of transitional justice to prosecute these apartheid police crimes, saying SA’s democratic government has let them down.
Vukani MaAfrika, an amateur Khayelitsha team made up mainly of pensioners, is a breath of fresh air in the beautiful game. The club’s players share the positive impact the game has had on their health.
Western Cape residents fed up with the unbearable stench from an illegal dumpsite that was posing a health risk used the Covid-19 lockdown to clean up and transform the waste site.
Western Cape residents living on occupied land continue to face off with the police and local municipality as their struggle for housing intensifies.
The 50-year-old Gugulethu resident is opening his repurposed garage to the world so they can also enjoy his more than 2 000 books.
The Covid-19 lockdown has curtailed training at Eziko in Langa, putting the cooking school in financial straits while its trainee chefs sit at home, unable to put their new skills into practice.
Many impoverished residents in the Western Cape are relying on feeding schemes that have turned out to be vital in helping them stay home during the government’s Covid-19 lockdown.
In the Western Cape, residents from townships and shack settlements are seeking ways to minimise the spread of the coronavirus. But they still need government aid and support.
Rather than travel to the city to buy baby clothes, Khayelitsha moms can now buy them locally from Zandile Tlhapi – and she has plans to expand into manufacturing.
Parent power in the Karoo town of Beaufort West has led to the restoration of a bus service to take learners to and from schools in the area.
Impoverished residents have sought legal advice after the Witzenberg Municipality withdrew indigent subsidies for those who refused to allow it to install water management devices.
What started as an idea to spoil her son with breakfast has led to a Cape Town mother opening her heart, pockets and house to matric pupils, serving them meals during exam time.
A 15-year-old Nyanga pupil, who lives in a shack and goes to school in a dangerous area, has been named the best speller in the Western Cape – and the sixth best in Africa.
Thozi Mciki has a rare condition that has rendered him increasingly immobile, but he has travelled the world to find out more about FOP and raise awareness about this incurable disease.
Deep Settle Movement is a design studio in Gugulethu that makes high-quality clothing in celebration of the township’s energy, and they can’t keep up with demand for their products.
Breaking traditional Khayelitsha cuisine expectations, Nokuthula Sigaba has established Sweet n’ Lovely, the township’s first pizza joint.