Alexandra
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Empowering boys, building future leaders
The Empowering the Boychild initiative has hosted its milestone 25th workshop in Alexandra, connecting 50 young boys with prominent community leaders, professionals, and mentors…
Kwaito isn’t dead, it’s evolving
Trompies’ story reveals how true legends endure by evolving without losing their cultural centre
Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activism
From discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients
Is God good to everyone?
If He is, then when will people like me get to experience his abundant goodness and mercy?
Baby Saver defends havens amid government claims of illegality
The Gauteng department of social development contends that the havens are illegal, encourage abandonment, and impede the rights of fathers
Alexandra township in the grip of toxic fumes from scrap metal collectors
A clean environment is a constitutionally recognised right in South Africa but one that is routinely violated
WATCH: Tembisa residents speak out on load-shedding
People living in Tembisa have had enough of load-shedding. They want the government to do something about it
Load-shedding crisis: ‘The power to change is in citizens’ hands’
Many people in South Africa’s townships and suburbs have blamed the government for the ongoing blackouts that are harming their lives
Alexandra businesses struggle amid power outages as City Power cuts off non-payers
Some businesses have closed while others have had to let employees go because they cannot afford to pay them
Plasma gangs: How South Africans’ fears about crime created an urban legend
A tale of criminality, magic, violence and fear offered a way to foreground the contradictions that come with living in a township
Diepsloot raids ‘illegal’, say lawyers
Harassment, xenophobia – and jubilation – are on display when Mail & Guardian visits the township
Brace for above inflation electricity hike and municipalities’ power grab
The price of electricity could go up by 20.5% in April and an upcoming court bid could see users paying surcharges to municipalities
Private security companies the ‘eyes and ears’ for police on public violence and looting
The private security guards were also first responders in some cases, and their helicopters provided information on emerging hotspots
Alexandra residents’ basic human rights were violated, says the Human Rights Commission
An investigation found that the City of Johannesburg had not provided sufficient municipal services
Who gets the shot, who gets the shaft?
The vaccine can break the surge cycle, if the poor and the newly poor are prioritised