The biggest townships in South Africa have a rich cultural and political history. Learn about the communities that shape the ...

(In her book Cities with ‘Slums', urban planner Marie Hutchzermeyer notes that ... A 2008 report on shack fires in Durban by academic Matt Birkinshaw, who spent months living in shack settlements in ...

On the other hand, the images are not selectively culled from the shantytowns and slums that every big city in the world ... about the same as Cape Town (10-12%) and Durban (8-10%) combined. But the ...

Young men who once lived the “gangster life” in Kenya's capital have become farmers with a social mission MATHARE, Kenya -- Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in ...

Taapsee Pannu recently partnered with the NGO Hemkunt Foundation to distribute water dispensers and bottles in Delhi's slums, as the city in the midst of a heatwave with the arrival of peak summer.

MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's ...

Mathare: Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the gangster life in Nairobi's Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's brother was shot dead by ...

A mother from Durban has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of her three-year-old daughter, following a history of abuse and anger management issues. The Durban High Court ...

A massive fire gutted more than 30 shanties in a slum area near the Wazirabad village on Saturday (May 17, 2025) afternoon, officials said. The fire spread rapidly after some mini cooking gas ...