Recent data has found the most prominent danger zones for smash-and-grabs in Cape Town. Here's where you're most at ...

Ekiti State government continued efforts at transforming Atikankan area and the surrounding streets is a welcome development, but some activities in the community have become a source of concerns to ...

The GOOD Party has called for an urgent investigation into social housing management in Cape Town, following alarming complaints from tenants about unaffordable utility bills and inhumane living ...

Finally, Cape Town needs political leaders who are courageous enough to confront two evident realities. Current science ...

Slums and Informal Settlements in Ghana, has once again brought to the fore a critical development issue--the alarming spread of slums across the country.

The death rate of Cape Town is enormously high for a place that enjoys such a splendid natural position; and it is a notorious fact that the majority of deaths occur in the slums, and that the ...

For the simple act of washing their hands, slum dwellers in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township have to go to a communal tap, fill up a bucket of water and haul it back to their shack.

News Cape Town is a microcosm of SA’s deepening housing crises Cape Town slum lords are raking in huge amounts of money by renting accommodation barely fit for human habitation. Picture: Supplied ...

Similar slum clearance is occurring elsewhere throughout Africa. In Cape Town and Johannesburg, in South Africa, the practice is a legacy of apartheid and nowadays remains just as vicious.

It started with a guy who had a dream - bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.

It started with a guy who had a dream – bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.