The big job that awaits new mayor

9 05 2011

May 9 2011 at 11:15am – IOL – CLAYTON BARNES


CA_blikkiesdorp 1Blikkiesdorp residents say they won’t vote in next week’s elections because their living conditions havent changed despite promises made by politicians in election campaigns in previous years. Read the rest of this entry »




Media: A crisis of dignity – 5 humiliating years later

31 01 2010

One of a human being’s most private acts is a daily ordeal for these families

Jan 30, 2010 8:25 PM | By Buyekezwa Makwabe – Sunday Times

Ntombifuthi Mdibaniso dreads answering the call of nature. The matric pupil has been cleaning up human excrement for the past decade – often with only plastic bags to cover her hands – to earn the right to use a neighbour’s toilet.

The humiliating ritual has become a way of life for the 19-year-old, who lives in a shack with her parents in a section of the sprawling township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. Read the rest of this entry »








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