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Informal settlement

Fire rages through Joe Slovo in Langa

17th Apr 2022 Mzi Velapi 0

Joe Slovo informal settlement residents near the N2 Gateway Housing project were removing rubble and looking for items to salvage on Sunday morning.

‘We trip over dead bodies here at night’ – New Monwabisi Park

17th Mar 2022 Mzi Velapi 0

Faced with crime and violence on a daily basis, residents of New Monwabisi Park complain that the lack of services contribute to crime in the area.

Thandanani residents blame eThekwini for spread of shack fire

9th Nov 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

A lack of access to water by firefighters was at the centre of the fire that consumed 120 shacks in Durban.

Paralysed mother of four proffered a rescue from living in squalor

3rd Nov 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

The EC Department of Human Settlements has called on the Sundays River Municipality to provide alternative accommodation for the Dlwengu family.

Vezinyawo residents not pinning their hopes on upcoming elections

25th Oct 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Temporary relocation area residents say the upcoming local government elections are not going to change their living conditions.

City plays blame game over heaps of rubbish in Cape Town’s Marikana settlement

20th Oct 2021 Sandiso Phaliso 0

Marikana residents say they have had to put up with heaps of rubbish on their doorstep for months now.

Kliptown residents threaten election boycott

30th Sep 2021 Chris Gilili 0

Filthy toilets, illegal electricity and dilapidated houses a sore point for residents of Vaalkamers.

Khayelitsha residents protest against overflowing sewage

29th Sep 2021 Vincent Lali 0

Residents of Site B in Khayelitsha protest the area’s sewer system while the City of Cape Town blames them for blockages and overflow.

Alex informal settlement residents remain defiant

22nd Sep 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

City Power’s latest effort to remove illegal connections will, like previous raids, prove futile as no legal supply of electricity even exists in these informal settlements.

Ramaphosa residents demand foul jobs

16th Sep 2021 Vincent Lali 0

Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement say they want the company contracted to clean their toilets to employ people on shorter term bases to make more jobs available.

Reflections on the ‘Phoenix massacre’

31st Aug 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

Roadblocks set up by vigilantes during the violence in Phoenix were always going to lead to confrontation with residents of nearby townships as they rely on public services accessible only in the town.

Heaps of rubbish causing a stink in Durban’s informal settlements

20th Aug 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

Residents of informal settlements in Durban complain of a lack of refuse collection while the city points fingers at them for illegal dumping.

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