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Women farmworkers call for land redistribution to address hunger

28th May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Access to food for farmworkers can depend on the season and on violence in the home and in the community.

Shack dwellers from Khayelitsha protest in Cape Town

24th April 2025 Vincent Lali 0

As winter creeps in, residents of informal settlements in Khayelitsha protest for basic services.

Activists ask: What happened to land reform?

29th October 2024 Chris Gilili 0

The lack of decent housing in Cape Town and other parts of the country is a problem the government seems reluctant to solve.

Residents of Shaka’s Head march against evictions

17th September 2024 Nokulunga Majola 0

Over 2,000 people will be affected by the eviction of Shaka’s Head
informal settlement.

RDP homeowners without electricity for a year

17th September 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Eskom has promised to install electricity but is scant on details.

Riverlands families still picking up the pieces a month after dam burst

30th August 2024 Chris Gilili Mzi Velapi 0

An investigation by the Department of Water recommends that the dam owner be held accountable for the disaster.

Limpopo villagers resist removal by Anglo Platinum mine

29th July 2024 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The mine has been repeatedly accused of using manipulative, divisive, and violent tactics to cause uncertainty, confusion, and forced removals from the village.

A week of misery for informal settlement residents

11th July 2024 Mzi Velapi Vincent Lali 0

The South African Weather Services has issued a level 8 warning for the Western Cape.

Storms and flood waters devastate Cape Town’s informal settlements

9th July 2024 Vincent Lali 0

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

8th July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

“We believe that this decision will only further marginalize and traumatize an already vulnerable population”
– Homeless Action Coalition

Not a tap nor a toilet for the 200 people living in this Cape Town informal settlement 

4th July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

The private owners of the land will not apply to the City of Cape Town for services to be extended to the occupants and are applying for their eviction. The Human Rights Commission says new government policy requires the city to provide services.

Don’t GNU forget about me

17th June 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Khayelitsha residents attending the speak-out organised by Cry of the Xcluded decried the loss of every sense of security.

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