CAPE TOWN, South Africa-Siphesihle Mbango was just six years old when her friend, Asenathi, begged her to go with her to the toilet then ran outside alone-and was never seen again.Now 12, Mbango ...

Temporary toilets stand in front of shacks in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, South Africa, October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo By Paola Totaro CAPE TOWN (Thomson Reuters ...

By Nicky Milne CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Cape Town, the slums of Flamingo Crescent and Santini are just 20 kms apart but the gap in the standard of living in these ...

KHAYELITSHA, South Africa (Reuters) – Beaten and set alight, Ncedile Gigi’s unrecognizable remains have not been buried since March, when a mob fed up with poor policing took the law in… ...

The Cape Town project could open doors for similar measures globally, Brillembourg said, enabling slum residents in India, Venezuela and Brazil to get ownership of land they live on.

It started with a guy who had a dream – bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.

The brutal death of a teenager sparked a renewed campaign by residents to highlight the link between lack of sanitation, poor policing and crime in Cape Town’s slums.

In Cape Town, the slums of Flamingo Crescent and Santini are just 20 kms apart but the gap in the standard of living in these two settlements is being hailed as an example of how residents can ...

It started with a guy who had a dream – bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.

CAPE TOWN, Oct 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Siphesihle Mbango was just six years old when her friend, Asenathi, begged her to go with her to the toilet then ran outside alone - and was never ...