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Meet the man who fills in potholes in Khayelitsha every afternoon (opens the original)
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Eugene Cloete spends every afternoon smoothing out a potholed section of Khayelitsha’s Swartklip Road. He says he does not expect payment for his labours. Photos: Vincent Lali Eugene Cloete spends his afternoons fixing potholes on Swartklip Road, Khayelitsha, that form constantly because of an overflowing sewage pump station. Every day he leaves his shack at 1pm to collect stones. He carries them in buckets to the road and then shovels them into the potholes and levels the surface before peak ho
Khayelitsha social workers stop home visits after hijackings (opens the original)
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The Western Cape Department of Social Development has agreed to increase security for social workers in Khayelitsha following several robberies and hijackings at gunpoint. Photo: Vincent Lali Social workers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, will no longer visit homes and schools. This follows a spate of armed robberies and hijackings. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) says social workers no longer feel safe going out into the community. “We will work from our offices. Th
One year later, sewage is still running through these Cape Town streets (opens the original)
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Henk Boshoff, commissioner at the SA Human Rights Commission, inspects a stream of sewage and waste in Bloekombos with community leaders and officials from the City of Cape Town and national government. Photos: Vincent Lali Learners from Wallacedene Primary jumped over green streams of sewage along Sono Street where Henk Boshoff, commissioner at the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), was assessing sanitation services across Bloekombos and Wallacedene. It’s been a year since Boshoff visited the
Khayelitsha learners miss a week of school as sewage saga continues (opens the original)
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There have been no classes at Kuyasa Primary School since Friday. Photos: Vincent Lali Learners have not attended Kuyasa Primary School in Khayelitsha after parents closed the school last Friday because of recurring sewage leaks. Western Cape education department (WCED) officials met parents on Thursday afternoon. Deputy director-general Alan Meyer asked parents to let learners return to school on Friday because the toilets were now clean. But the parents have demanded that a health official fir
Gap in Cape Town’s janitor contracts leaves communities living in filth (opens the original)
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Residents have been cleaning these toilets in Mfuleni while they wait for the City of Cape Town to appoint new janitors. Photos: Vincent Lali A delay in the City of Cape Town’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) contracts for new cleaners has left several communities with filthy toilets. Olwethu Maphuthuma from Sinqawunqawu informal settlement in Mfuleni said there are 15 communal toilets and residents clean them after they use them. He said residents only clean inside the toilet stall they
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