A week of misery for informal settlement residents
The South African Weather Services has issued a level 8 warning for the Western Cape.
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Storms and flood waters devastate Cape Town’s informal settlements
Photos of Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha and Covid Village in Mfuleni show the miserable conditions of their residents as storms lash the Western Cape.
City of Cape Town to remove homeless people from city centre
“We believe that this decision will only further marginalize and traumatize an already vulnerable population”
– Homeless Action Coalition
Uprising of the youth in Kenya
How this uprising will be chaperoned to a just social order in Kenya depends on what leadership may emerge from the social forces that drove it.
Lesufi’s Green Army face a jobless tomorrow
Over 90,000 recruits are left in limbo as Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani project is in turmoil.
Residents protest for EPWP cleaning jobs
Ward 95 residents blocked Baden Powell Drive demanding transparency from the councillor in EPWP job appointments.
Fetching water is daily pain for Vhembe women
For over three decades, residents of rural villages in Vhembe in Limpopo have been suffering without running water and even those who reside a few kilometres from the massive Nandoni dam do not have water.
New Khayelitsha police station has no forensics capacity, computer or phone
The new police station in Makhaza that came as result of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry of 2012 is not living up to the recommendations.
Climate crisis threatens basic human rights – report
“Climate change is still largely a misunderstood issue for much of the public, and climate change literacy is low in South Africa.”
Xenophobia and the Scapegoating of Immigrants
Xenophobia remains a persistent issue in South Africa, and as our country continues to grapple with the triple challenge of poverty, inequality and unemployment, immigrants frequently become scapegoats for broader systemic issues.
Gauteng charities face closure as Dept of Social Development stops funding
Gauteng Social Development department has capacity issues, and cannot do the work NGOs do,” says an NGO director.
Not a GNU, but a neo-liberal elite pact
The authors argue that following the outcomes of the 2024 general elections, South Africa is not about to have a government of national unity (GNU), but a neo-liberal elite pact.
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