Khayelitsha clinics equipped for eye screening
The Khayelitsha Eastern Substructure of the Western Cape health department has launched clinic-based eye screening services. In partnership with Orbis...
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
CPFs welcome police’s plan to recruit more detectives
The police ministry is in the process of re-enlisting former detectives back to the service. The announcement was made during...
Sexual violence in schools is worse than reported – report
Underreporting of sexual violence by children in South African schools is the silent norm and little seems to be done...
Nsfas students endure delayed payments and high bank fees
Students at two Cape Town-based universities who are beneficiaries of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) say that their...
Inner city residents call for an inclusive Joburg
“A city cannot only be about the rich. It should also accommodate migrants who in the first place wouldn’t have...
Bus commuters knocked by fare increase
Residents of Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain say they are shocked at the recent announcement by Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS)...
Residents of informal settlements on Cape Town’s railways ‘live in poop’
Philippi and Langa residents occupying the central railway line have complained about a lack of service delivery in their informal...
The disintegrating classrooms of King William’s Town school
Luzuko Primary School in Sweetwaters township near King William’s Town embodies the infrastructure crisis in the Eastern Cape. The classrooms...
Attempts to relocate land occupiers on Cape Town railway going nowhere
The relocation of people living in informal settlements along the railway line in Langa and Philippi, have caused what the...
Jagersfontein community waits in vain for compensation
One year since the collapse of the mine tailings dam, the people of Jagersfontein in the Free State say they...
