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Researchers surveying Michigan’s Sixty Islands archaeological site have found ancient evidence of farming by the Indigenous ...
Photo: Itumeleng Maloka. City Power reveals that five informal settlements in Alexandra will benefit from the city’s plans to give informal settlements formal access to electricity. During the ...
The University of Mumbai released a report titled 'Water for All,' examining the impact of legal water connections for informal settlements. Despite improved access, issues like poor water ...
JOHANNESBURG - In Gauteng, the housing backlog is sitting at 1.2-million units, which has led to the mushrooming of informal settlements across the province. The government is blaming illegal ...
An informal settlement means a multi-million-rand Rea Vaya project is not being used in Alexandra, Johannesburg. The Rea Vaya Rapid Bus Transit depot off London Road is an empty parking lot after ...
Community Policing Forums (CPFs) have raised concerns over challenges in policing in informal settlements due to a lack of road names, street lights and proper addresses that make it difficult for ...
Picture: Joburg EMS on X JOHANNESBURG - City of Joburg firefighters are attending to an incident of multiple shacks on fire at the Setswetla informal settlement in Alexandra. At this stage ...
Using drones and photogrammetry, Namibia Flying Labs captured high-resolution aerial data of Brendan Simbwaye's A Informal Settlement, located in Windhoek. Flying Labs Namibia is currently ...
Some of the debris from a protest by Stjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra township. Picture: Mongezi Koko/Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - Disgruntled residents of the Stjwetla informal ...
South Africa has made significant progress in developing informal settlements, but some key challenges remain. Recent flooding in the Western Cape has sparked renewed debate over how ...