Blowey residents spend child grants on paraffin
Blowey residents have been without electricity since the October fires that destroyed 150 shacks.
Blowey residents have been without electricity since the October fires that destroyed 150 shacks.
As residents mop up the storm damage, they decried their living conditions that remain unchanged as promises made by government after previous destruction proved empty.
Pensioners who have waited for more than 20 years for a house have lost hope of ever escaping living in backyard rooms and shacks.
Ntabenkonyana learners brave bad weather and risk their lives and their futures just getting to school.
An investigation by Ritshidze uncovers that unfriendly services are among a number of issues faced by LGBTQIA+ people at public health facilities.
The workers have resorted to strike action to get the cleaning company and the City of Cape Town to pay what is due to them.
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
Social grant recipients in Khayelitsha would much prefer having Sassa in its old premises with the Department of Social Development as it is closer to public transport and much safer, the protesters argued.
The alternative state of the nation address by activists in Cape Town paints a picture of deepening poverty and inequalities.
A summary of stories reported by Elitsha this year.
The residents of an informal settlement near Khayelitsha Mall say they won’t move to make way for a private hospital but demand basic services instead.
The protestors demand the building of a district hospital in Gugulethu as the day hospital is not adequately equipped.