Shack dwellers flee violent pogrom
Residents of Siyakhana informal settlement claim that Mandela Park residents are intensifying a campaign of violence against them as some...
Elitsha
Published in Elitsha, a bi-monthly newspaper distributed in Alexandra and Orange Farm in Gauteng, Khayelitsha in Western Cape, Mdantsane and Zwide in Eastern Cape
UWC students march against GBV and university’s silence on reported cases
Over a 100 students from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) marched last Friday against gender-based violence (GBV) on...
A Free Palestine “from the River to the Sea”
The ‘Groot Krokodil’s’ notorious Rubicon speech in 1985 signaled the collapse of South African apartheid in 1990. So too, Bibi’s...
Children are starving to death in Eastern Cape – Human Rights Commission tells government to act
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the Eastern Cape has given national and provincial government departments three to...
Amathole Municipality defends Zondani’s appointment
Nokuthula Zondani, the former municipal manager of Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality who is out on R5,000 bail, made a short...
The Xcluded call for ‘More, not less!’ from finance minister
Members of the Cry of the Xcluded spoke out against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s austerity measures and budget cuts during...
Extortion and murder hold back development in Delft
The Symphony Way housing project in Delft is one of the construction projects that has been put on hold by...
Khayelitsha matriculants make up for taxi strike and stayaway
The build-up to the final examinations has been particularly challenging for Khayelitsha matriculants this year. Their school attendance was disrupted...
Amathole District Municipality appointment unites opposition in outrage
A former manager of Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality who is currently facing corruption and fraud charges has resurfaced as Director...
Housing project in Mandela Park stokes tension between backyarders and shack dwellers
Mandela Park Backyarders and informal settlement residents remain at loggerheads over who should be the beneficiaries of a housing project...
