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Poor drainage system

Shack dwellers in Khayelitsha endure another winter flood

27th June 2025 Vincent Lali 0

Severe winter flooding has left families in Cape Town’s informal settlements cold, homeless, and desperate.

PHOTOS | Informal settlement residents bear the brunt of Cape floods

19th July 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Residents of informal settlements have been the hardest hit by the heavy downpours, cold, and gusty winds that have engulfed parts of the Western Cape Province for the past two weeks.

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.

Poop keeps Khayelitsha pre-schoolers out of school

21st March 2024 Vincent Lali 0

A sewage spill has turned a preschool into a health hazard.

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