Following a recent flare-up of gang violence in the Cape Flats, Daily Maverick spent three days in Manenberg accompanying the Metro Police and visiting families to find out about life in gangland.
Several schools and an early childhood development centre in Manenberg on the Cape Flats were affected by gang violence last week. A shootout on Thursday saw learners in classrooms at Red River Primary School taking cover on the floor. Gang violence in the area is an ongoing problem and is trau.
Justice Edwin Cameron was officially inaugurated as chancellor of Stellenbosch University on Wednesday, 18 May. While he has been in office for more than two years, the ceremony was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, it takes place against a backdrop of campus unrest triggered by an all.
The floods in KZN have left many people without water or exposed to sewage leakages because of damage to sanitation infrastructure. These donations will not only ensure access to drinking water in affected communities, but also enable cleaning and decontamination procedures in hospitals.
The Alcardo Andrews Foundation, a non-profit organisation in Hanover Park, is trying to prevent City of Cape Town law enforcement from removing a shipping container it placed on public land without authorisation. The foundation runs a community feeding programme from the container.