Thursday, 24 September 2020
Nation Nyoka writes with the hope of effecting social change in the interests of the marginalised. Social justice, politics and the advancement of the African continent and her people are high on her agenda.
Trauma is often the gateway ‘drug’ that puts young South Africans on the path to nyaope addiction, and addiction carries a high price for them and their families.
Being situated next to Sandton, Africa’s richest patch, has not helped Alexandra township to develop. It remains a place of protest, illegal evictions and demolitions, and broken government promises.
Protests by #AlexShutdown are the latest in the long history of challenging black exclusion in Alexandra, which from very early in its existence became a place of black resistance.
A reblocking initiative in Tembisa has left a number of residents in the cold. But, despite winning an interdict against the development process, shack dwellers remain vulnerable.
With Youth Day looming, Kliptown residents reflect how the meaning of the day has degenerated, and how broken promises and alcohol have blunted South Africans’ sense of the future.
The process of making way for roads in the hope that services will follow has left some residents in despair and with half their homes destroyed and open to the elements.
Will the new CRL Rights Commission chair be as fearless as Mkhwanazi-Xaluva when it comes to abusive religious leaders and traditionalists who want to maintain male dominance?
The families of those killed in the Sharpeville massacre are tired of government using them to round up votes come elections and neglecting the town outside of Human Rights Day.
Evictions, floods and municipal uncertainty have made life even more difficult than usual for the residents of the Gabon shack settlement in Ekurhuleni. They wonder what’s next.
Land occupiers east of Joburg declined to vote after metro police burnt their shacks and belongings, including IDs. Others there voted, still hoping for change despite their fears.
In the last weekend before elections, the two largest opposition parties, the DA and EFF, reminded voters of their respective manifesto promises. United on ANC corruption, they are poles apart on almost everything else.
The historic town hosts expensive celebrations each year on Human Rights Day, but residents would prefer the municipality to spend the money on development and basic services.
The residents of a land occupation named after Steven Kau in Ekurhuleni have said they will not vote after metro police allegedly burned possessions inside their shacks during an eviction.
A devastating fire that razed shacks and destroyed possessions has left residents in the shack settlement of Sjwetla in Alexandra without the basics of life – and without hope.
Convinced Kau’s death was no mistake, his family want justice, closure and a dignified funeral for their son and brother, they tell ‘New Frame’ in an exclusive interview.
Godfrey Mngomezulu has been unemployed since his security guard job ended, forcing the informal priest and his family to find food in ways that don’t always sit well with them.
Opposing politicians ostensibly control different aspects of government in the DRC after the recent elections, but could this two-headed regime end up working for the people?
A community of waste pickers stands to lose their homes and livelihoods despite contributing positively to the environment by recycling and lessening municipal landfill.
Bob Nameng has been looking after the youth — and the not so young — of this Soweto suburb for more than three decades.
Their shacks brutally demolished, residents in Vusimuzi are either trying to rebuild their homes or scrabbling for rent money that they did not count on having to provide.
Touted as a solution for shack settlements, reblocking, according to critics, is impractical and leaves little room for grassroots urban planning.