Cold contributes to clash over illegal electricity connections
Power wars erupt on Dunoon street as furious neighbours battle blackouts Peter Luhanga The winter cold has contributed to a bitter feud between homeowners and informal settlement residents over illegal electricity connections in Dunoon. Residents living in RDP houses, some of which have been unlawfully converted into blocks of flats and rented to tenants, say […]
AmaRasta kunye nosaziwayo basekuhlaleni bacela ulutsha ukuba luthathele ingqalelo ikamva lalo
Owayesakuba yintshatsheli yembethi manqindi uSinethemba Blom ukhokele kwimibhiyozo yoSuku loLutsha eDunoon njengophawu lwereggae nomdaniso. Peter Luhanga Ngaphantsi kwentsangu kunye nemvukelo kaBob Marley, uluntu lwamaRastafari luhlanganisene eDunoon ngoMvulo we-16 Juni, ukubhiyozela uSuku loLutsha, lunika imbeko abantwana ababulawa kwiZidubedube zaseSoweto ngo-1976. USuku loLutsha lukhumbula ubomi obaphulukana nabo ngethuba abantwana besikolo bevukela urhulumente wocalucalulo, bekhalazela ukunyanzeliswa kwesiBhulu njengolwimi […]
Ipaki eneempuku ihlangulwe
Abantwana baseDunoon bafumane indawo yokudlala ekhuselekileyo ekugqibeleni Peter Luhanga Ipaki kawonke-wonke eDunoon ebimi iminyaka njengophawu lokungahoywa kukamasipala, iphantsi kophuculo ekudala ilindelwe ngenxa yenyathelo lecandelo labucala ngentsebenziswano neSixeko saseKapa. Ipaki yaseThandabantu, eyayisakuba yindawo yokulahla inkunkuma engekho sikweni kunye nesiza semigodi yesanti, isaphuhliswa ngokutsha nge-R650,000 yotyalo-mali yifemu yeCiolli Brothers. IsiXeko siqinisekisile ukuba umsebenzi uqale kwinyanga ephelileyo, oquka […]
Rotten rat park gets rescued
Dunoon kids get a safe playground at last Peter Luhanga A public park in Dunoon that for years stood as a symbol of municipal neglect, is undergoing a long awaited upgrade thanks to a private sector initiative in partnership with the City of Cape Town. Thandabantu Park, once an informal dumping ground and sand mining […]
Rich estate sewage invades homes of poor with no water or toilets
Residents endure raw sewage and lack of services amid delayed City action Peter Luhanga At the edge of the manicured pavements and duplex homes of Pioneer Valley estate in Parklands North, fetid sewage has been flowing down the slope toward the Riverside informal settlement — also known as Erf 79 — near Dunoon for the past […]
Baby dies after ambulance fails to arrive in time
The death of Omikuye Jozana, just eight months old, highlights deep cracks in a strained public health system Peter Luhanga The quality of care in the province’s health system is being raised by a Dunoon mother whose eight-month-old daughter died after waiting more than eight hours for an ambulance. Somila Jozana’s child Omikuye – the […]
Dunoon erupts in protest after the City of Cape Town knocks down walls in informal settlement
Trouble flared up for the second day on Tuesday across Potsdam Road and Malibongwe Drive in Cape Town as protesters from Ezihagwini informal settlement vented their fury over the demolition of brick walls in the settlement. Buses and taxis were prevented from entering the settlement. On Monday, protesters barricaded roads with rubble and fire, and […]
VAT hike to make life harder in informal settlements
Price increase could deepen poverty and worsen food insecurity Peter Luhanga • Families already stretched thin say rising prices on basics like onions and bread will hit them hardest. • Ramaphosa promises more cash for grants and poor households, but trust remains low. • However, many residents in informal settlements were largely unaware of the 0.5 percentage point VAT […]
Heritage celebration rocks Dunoon
In Heritage We Stand’s explosive cultural bash lights up Inkwenkwezi Secondary School Peter Luhanga Cultural heritage through language was the focus of the annual International Mother Language Day hosted by the non-profit organisation In Heritage We stand at Inkwenkwezi Secondary School on 21 February. International Mother Language Day is a UNESCO initiative and poet and […]
Off-duty cop accused of brutally assaulting Dunoon man
Unconscious victim dumped at community clinic Peter Luhanga A Dunoon man claims he was brutally beaten by an off-duty police officer and three other men after being wrongly accused of robbery, leaving him hospitalised for days over the New Year. Lisakhanya Noyi, 26, said he and his cousin, Buhle Noyi, 21, both of whom live […]