Dig deep to help Franschhoek restaurant owners and employees

Zanele Mvana|Published

The organisation has jump-started Save The Franschhoek Restaurant Appeal, which aims to raise enough money for hundreds of restaurants that have closed down.

WATCH: Missing woman found alive after two months

Zanele Mvana|Published

Family looking forward to being reunited

Reformed gangster helps put colour in pupils’ lives

Zanele Mvana|Published

Reformed Mitchells Plain gangster Mark Jeneker continues using art to inspire pupils at Portland Primary School.

Khayelitsha choir helps keep youngsters on track

Zanele Mvana|Published

Choir founder and leader Mihle Mtitshana said he started the group in 2017 after identifying it as a way to keep young people off the streets.

DSK alumnus back pupils who raised alarm over teacher’s alleged racist, derogatory utterances

Zanele Mvana|Published

Parents and learners staged a picket outside the school on Monday after a teacher allegedly told learners that black children did not have role models as their fathers ...

Daycare centre’s staff fear for their safety after another robbery

Zanele Mvana|Published

EDUCATORS at Luthando Day Care in Gugulethu say they fear for their safety as the centre has once again been burgled and vandalised.

Khayelitsha community stands united against GBV, femicide

Zanele Mvana|Published

Call on men to help fight the scourge

Youth Day issues hark back to the original June 16 riots

Zanele Mvana and African News Agency|Published

Some parents and pupils who spoke to media outside the school during the scuffles said the chaos emanated from a recent fight between a black learner and a schoolmate. ...

Langa residents turn to safety patrol, not police

Zanele Mvana|Published

Residents are reportedly no longer turning to their local police station for help as they feel that the Langa Safety Patrol does a better job.

Khayelitsha gogo, 78, dies after she was attacked, set alight

Athandile Siyo and Zanele Mvana|Published

Nontsikelelo Ndlebe’s daughters and neighbours found her burnt body after she was attacked, set alight and left for dead in her Khayelitsha home.

Missing teenager’s body found in neighbour’s shack

Zanele Mvana|Published

Khayelitsha resident Wele Dyongo last saw his niece, Sinovuyo Magetya, last Sunday when he left to attend a burial society meeting. Four days later, Dyongo, the ...

Child Protection Week cold comfort for some families

Zanele Mvana|Published

The family of 12-year-old Lunamandla Sithonga from Site B in Khayelitsha, who has been missing since July 9 last year, is one of many who are suffering during National ...

Child Protection Week to focus on kids’ rights

Zanele Mvana|Published

The Constitution has the highest regard for their rights, equality and dignity of everyone, and protects children from violence, exploitation and abuse.

Police launch probe after female patient claims nurse assaulted her

Zanele Mvana|Published

At their home, where Florence Rafu , 52, is recovering from the injuries she sustained while in hospital, her family say they are disheartened and upset about the ...

Gugs crèche attacked, children’s food stolen

Zanele Mvana|Published

Educator Khuthala Moyakhe said this was not the first time vandals targeted the facility and they don't feel safe.

Gugulethu old-age home mistreatment claims to be probed

Zanele Mvana|Published

A Gugulethu old-age home is again under scrutiny after reports about the alleged mistreatment of elderly residents.

Khayelitsha mass shootings targeted Somali

Athandile Siyo , Zanele Mvana and Okuhle Hlati|Published

At least 24 Somali shopkeepers and owners have been killed since January, says the Somali Community Board of SA, which blames police inaction for the unabated extortion ...

WATCH: Gugulethu residents protest against GBV

Zanele Mvana|Published

Gugulethu residents took to the streets to protest against gender-based violence, which claimed 48-year-old Brenda Mqela as the area’s latest victim.

Teen accused of stabbing boy, 12, in fight over soccer ball

Zanele Mvana|Published

Two Gugulethu families are preparing to meet after a 15-year-old boy allegedly stabbed and wounded a 12-year-old during an altercation over a soccer ball.

Nyanga family and residents furious after man convicted of murder free and back in the area

Zanele Mvana|Published

Nyanga residents and the family of slain 22-year-old queer woman Ntsiki Tyatyeka are furious after the recent release of her killer Vuyisile Madikane.

Cape Town informal settlements’ expansion putting pressure on sanitation, electricity services

Athandile Siyo and Zanele Mvana|Published

ictoria Mxenge and Dunoon communities said the issue has been getting worse over the past five years, as overwhelmed systems have led to them living in sewerage ...

Rape survivor says police told her to investigate her own case

Zanele Mvana|Published

A rape survivor has told of the secondary abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of Site B police in Khayelitsha who she claims told her that she looked ’too ...

Freedom Day: ‘27 years of empty promises’

Chevon Booysen and Zanele Mvana|Published

’What breaks my heart is that I have to pay rent of R1 200 a month even though I’m a pensioner, but I fought for freedom,’ said Gugulethu resident Nompumelelo Zicina. ...

Lonwabo Jack murder accused, 17, in a place of safety

Zanele Mvana|Published

As the Nyanga community took to the streets to call for an end to hate crimes, the 17-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the murder of a gay man was put ...