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‘Our children’s education is not free’ — Soweto parents battle to pay their kids’ internet costs

‘Our children’s education is not free’ — Soweto parents battle to pay their kids’ internet costs

Tshabalira Lebakeng
21 Jun
Young people in Soweto are hustling for themselves rather than waiting for jobs promised by government

Young people in Soweto are hustling for themselves rather than waiting for jobs promised by government

Tshabalira Lebakeng
14 Jun
The Nyaope Boys — ‘There is one way in; your way out, it’s only when you are dead’

The Nyaope Boys — ‘There is one way in; your way out, it’s only when you are dead’

Tshabalira Lebakeng
10 May
Dark cloud of drug abuse hangs over schoolchildren in Soweto

Dark cloud of drug abuse hangs over schoolchildren in Soweto

Tshabalira Lebakeng
10 May
The desperate lament of Soweto’s poor and fearful elderly

The desperate lament of Soweto’s poor and fearful elderly

Tshabalira Lebakeng
11 Apr 2023
Patients complain that service at Diepkloof clinic ‘was better under apartheid’

Patients complain that service at Diepkloof clinic ‘was better under apartheid’

Tshabalira Lebakeng
01 Feb 2023
A township tale: Rubbish, rubbish everywhere and not a bin in sight

A township tale: Rubbish, rubbish everywhere and not a bin in sight

Tshabalira Lebakeng
06 Dec 2022
Hope and play – Soweto’s public parks are not safe havens for kids, only criminals

Hope and play – Soweto’s public parks are not safe havens for kids, only criminals

Tshabalira Lebakeng
16 Nov 2022
Teach us the skills that will give us a second chance in life, say homeless people

Teach us the skills that will give us a second chance in life, say homeless people

Tshabalira Lebakeng
10 Nov 2022
Darkness in Soweto — waiting for water and power to be restored makes a tough life so much harder

Darkness in Soweto — waiting for water and power to be restored makes a tough life so much harder

Tshabalira Lebakeng
30 Sep 2022
Soweto residents in despair after more delays and confusion over Social Relief of Distress grant

Soweto residents in despair after more delays and confusion over Social Relief of Distress grant

Tshabalira Lebakeng
19 Jun 2022
June 16th 2022, and young people in Orlando have nothing to celebrate

June 16th 2022, and young people in Orlando have nothing to celebrate

Tshabalira Lebakeng
13 Jun 2022
Soweto: ‘If I find a criminal in my yard, I don’t call the police; I take the law into my own hands’

Soweto: ‘If I find a criminal in my yard, I don’t call the police; I take the law into my own hands’

Tshabalira Lebakeng
01 Jun 2022
Reapplying for Social Relief of Distress grant leaves desperate citizens confused and suspicious

Reapplying for Social Relief of Distress grant leaves desperate citizens confused and suspicious

Tshabalira Lebakeng
24 May 2022
Soweto’s once bustling train stations lie in ruin — it’s as if they were bombed in a war

Soweto’s once bustling train stations lie in ruin — it’s as if they were bombed in a war

Tshabalira Lebakeng
05 May 2022
The challenges facing Early Childhood Development in Soweto and the children left on the back foot

The challenges facing Early Childhood Development in Soweto and the children left on the back foot

Tshabalira Lebakeng
22 Apr 2022
‘It’s Not Enough,’ Soweto residents say of R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant

‘It’s Not Enough,’ Soweto residents say of R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant

Tshabalira Lebakeng
29 Mar 2022
Corruption at Joburg’s Harrison Street Home Affairs office: Paying your way to the front of the queue

Corruption at Joburg’s Harrison Street Home Affairs office: Paying your way to the front of the queue

Tshabalira Lebakeng
15 Feb 2022
A homeless persons’ view of the Constitution: ‘We don’t eat the national anthem — we need services’

A homeless persons’ view of the Constitution: ‘We don’t eat the national anthem — we need services’

Tshabalira Lebakeng
06 Dec 2021
Frontline Soweto: When the power goes out and hope dies

Frontline Soweto: When the power goes out and hope dies

Tshabalira Lebakeng
28 Nov 2021
The government’s ‘Batho Pele’ principles: All words, no action 

The government’s ‘Batho Pele’ principles: All words, no action 

Tshabalira Lebakeng
01 Nov 2021

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