Lindokuhle Mnguni was murdered on Saturday morning. Photo: Siya Mbhele The leader of the eKhenana settlement in Cato Manor in Durban, Lindokuhle Mnguni, has been killed. According to the police, Mnguni, 28, was shot dead in his home during the early hours of Saturday. His partner was also critically injured in the attack. (Unfortunately we don’t know his partner’s name at the … [Read more...] about Cato Manor leader gunned down
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There are snakes, flash floods and no basic services at Marry Me informal settlement
Families at Marry Me informal settlement in Pretoria will soon receive services like water and toilets from the City of Tshwane. Photo: Warren Mabona More than 300 families living at Marry Me informal settlement in Pretoria will soon receive services like water and toilets from the City of Tshwane. The settlement got its unusual name because most of the first occupants were … [Read more...] about There are snakes, flash floods and no basic services at Marry Me informal settlement
Plastic pollution: We’re getting it wrong. Here’s what needs to happen
Most of the effort to reduce plastic is going into dealing with single-use products like the water bottle and peanut butter jar in the above photo. This is not unimportant, but the bigger problem is long-life plastics, like the clothes we wear, the earphones pictured above and the furniture we sit on. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Single-use plastics, like the ubiquitous plastic … [Read more...] about Plastic pollution: We’re getting it wrong. Here’s what needs to happen
Families forcibly removed from Maitland 80 years ago still can’t use their land
The Ndabeni Communal Property Trust wants the City of Cape Town and national government to help them remove families occupying their land. Photos: Tariro Washinyira Members of the Ndabeni Communal Property Trust are pleading with the City of Cape Town and national government to remove families occupying their land in Maitland. Claimants represented by the Trust got the land … [Read more...] about Families forcibly removed from Maitland 80 years ago still can’t use their land
R23-million Tsomo centre unfinished after seven years
The Tsomo centre, meant to house offices of various government departments and the SA Social Security Agency, has never been completed. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik Seven years after building started, the R23-million Tsomo-Ntsongeni Multipurpose Centre in the Eastern Cape has still not been finished. According to the spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Human … [Read more...] about R23-million Tsomo centre unfinished after seven years
