Controversial Cape Town taxi association distances itself from bus attacks
/ 5 September 2022

Controversial Cape Town taxi association distances itself from bus attacks

The short-trip taxis, which are mostly unlicensed, have been linked to crime in townships

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Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf
/ 24 July 2021

Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf

Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates

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/ 12 March 2006

Zimbabwean villagers reel under food shortages

Chipo Mapako, a village head in the eastern Zimbabwean district of Nyanga, does not remember when he last had a square meal. ”The daily struggle for us is to find enough food to stave off hunger,” says Mapako, who heads a village in the district renowned as much for its picturesque mountain ranges as for its dry, stony fields.