Articles for Vincent Lali

Protesters enter Khayelitsha Magistrates Court

Residents want the court to stop issuing eviction orders

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News | 17 March 2022

Driftsands community protests over week-long power outage

Eskom says illegal connections from a neighbouring informal settlement to blame

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Brief | 11 March 2022

Father burnt in shack fire saving son

About 27 families lost their homes in a blaze on Saturday morning in Khayelitsha

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Brief | 7 March 2022

“We are hungry. Our pots are empty”

Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding urgent solutions to unemployment

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Brief | 24 February 2022

Walking Bus volunteers demand pay and recognition

City says there’s no money in budget to pay them

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News | 14 February 2022

Shack dwellers protest for City of Cape Town to clean filthy streets

They also want the City to use labour from their area

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Brief | 10 February 2022

Khayelitsha shacks to be electrified at last

Families were wrongly classified as backyarders, says Eskom

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Brief | 8 February 2022

Khayelitsha volunteers clean up their own area

The group, who work for free, want City of Cape Town to provide material like rubbish bags and brooms

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Brief | 1 February 2022

Families still without water as second pipe bursts in Cape Town township

Residents of New Beginning have to beg for water from neighbouring Bardale

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News | 26 January 2022

City of Cape Town promises to fix vandalised Khayelitsha market

Toilets are filthy, lights have been stripped, roofs are broken

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News | 25 January 2022

Khayelitsha couple turns dump site into community garden

They are hoping to expand and grow more items on a bigger plot

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Brief | 14 December 2021

Delft landlords battle as power outages chase tenants away

Eskom says illegal electricity connections and vandalism in Delft alone have cost it about R10 million since April

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News | 30 November 2021

There have been nearly 1,200 shack fires in Cape Town this year, claiming over 80 lives

The City used to provide kits swiftly for fire victims but the end of a grant means that SASSA has taken this over, and help comes much slower

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News | 16 September 2021

Baby drowns in tub filled with water from leaking shack

Khayelitsha residents demand better living conditions

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News | 2 September 2021

Delft families waiting for years to have electricity restored

Power outage blamed on illegal connections at Tsunami informal settlement

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News | 23 August 2021

Small traders suffering as a result of Cape Town taxi violence

“When the taxi drivers shoot at each other, we lie on the ground next to our stock”

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News | 23 July 2021