Survivor recounts moment he emerged from deadly South African building collapse
George, South Africa Reuters Moses Malala, a 34-year-old construction worker who escaped the wreckage of a five-storey building in George, South Africa, recalled the moment it collapsed and a cloud of dust engulfed him, as rescue efforts continued at the site 48 hours on. Seventy-five construction workers, including Malala, were on site when the building […]
Rescuers search for survivors after South Africa building collapse
George, South Africa Reuters Rescuers were using cranes, drills and their bare hands to try to reach dozens of people trapped when a multi-storey building being built in the South African city of George collapsed, killing at least six people. Of the 75 workers who had been on the construction site, 48 remain unaccounted for […]
Coronavirus exposes “brutal inequality” of South African townships
Johannesburg, South Africa Thomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus is hitting South Africa’s mainly black townships harder than areas that were once the exclusive preserve of white people, according to new data that highlights the lasting impact of apartheid-era housing policies. More than two decades after the end of white minority rule, South Africa remains one […]
SOUTH AFRICA: SLAVE DESCENDANTS IN TINY TOWN BATTLE FOR CHURCH-OWNED LAND
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the Western Cape community of Elim…
POSTCARDS: IN ABANDONED CAPE TOWN HOSPITAL, SQUEEZED RESIDENTS HEAL WOUNDS OF GENTRIFICATION
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from South Africa…