Elitsha
  • Education
  • Health
  • Labour
  • Service delivery
  • International
  • Elitsha Viewpoint
  • Regions
    • Cape Town
    • East London
    • Johannesburg
    • Gqeberha
  • Xhosa

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.

Translate

Popular posts

  • United front in Cape Town against US imperialism 27.67 views per day | posted on January 22, 2026
  • Floods in Limpopo: Scores left distraught, homeless and without essentials 4.83 views per day | posted on January 17, 2026
  • Khayelitsha school achieves 99.3% pass rate 3.33 views per day | posted on January 14, 2025
  • No fee schools have no laboratories for science classes 2.67 views per day | posted on January 16, 2019
  • Unemployed graduates protest in Pretoria 2.17 views per day | posted on August 14, 2020

Search and find

News delivered to you

Once a week, get the latest news delivered to your inbox.  
Archives
Archives
Categories
Member of the Press Council

Elitsha News is a member of the Press Council and strives to abide by the Press Code

Elitsha news in your inbox
Published by Workers’ World Media Productions

Isivivana Centre, 8 Mzala Street, Khayelitsha 7784. Tel: +27 21 361 0119

legal
  • Copyright Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
About labour rights

If you want to know more about labour rights and have a labour related query or problem, please contact the following advise offces. It’s free!

Ighsaan in Germiston (Gauteng)
011-873-0903

Simon in Alexandra (Gauteng):
011-440-3708/55

Lunga in Khayelitsha (Cape Town):
021-361-0119

          en   xh   en   xh   Site by Babak Fakhamzadeh