Murder and fear stalk eKhenana shack dwellers amid allegations of criminal and politically aligned heavies.
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Picture and Words: Peter Luhanga/ Groundup Nolwandile Yolwa, who relies on a wheelchair, narrowly escaped with her life from a fire that swept through Siyahlala informal settlement in Dunoon, Cape Town, on Friday. Also read: 500 displaced as fire ravages site 5 in Dunoon The fire, in the early hours, left at least 47 people homeless. Yolwa’s son, Hlanathi, 23, woke...
Murder and fear stalk eKhenana shack dwellers amid allegations of criminal and politically aligned heavies.
Picture: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp Words: Tori Newby /GroundUp The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) came under fire in Parliament on Tuesday...
On Sunday, 20 October, a fire destroyed more than 50 shacks in Site C, Khayelitsha. The outbreak has resulted in the displacement of over 200...
An electrical fire on Monday evening at Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, swept through three houses, leaving at least six people homeless. The...
Picture and Words: Mary-Anne Gontsana /GroundUp When nurse Nomlindo Mncanywa visted an elderly bedridden woman in Khayelitsha earlier this year she...
Picture and Words: Steve Kretzmann/GroundUp Thousands of waste pickers, who are responsible for the bulk of recycling in South Africa, are not...
Several miners died and scores more sustained severe burns during an Operation Vala Umgodi raid in August.