Cape Town's slum residents battle for sanitation because using public toilets can become a dangerous experience CAPE TOWN, South Africa-Siphesihle Mbango was just six years old when her friend ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The death rate of Cape Town is enormously high for a place that enjoys such a splendid natural position; and it is a notorious fact that the majority of deaths occur in the slums, and that the ...

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. Approximately 200 residents in the Soweto West area of ...

Finally, Cape Town needs political leaders who are courageous enough to confront two evident realities. Current science ...

The City of Cape Town is being accused of turning suburbs into slums by ignoring its own by-laws, resulting in a boom of illegal building developments for nefarious activities.

South Africa's Cape Peninsula is a big tourist draw, but it's also home to hundreds of brazen baboons, and there's fear people-monkey encounters are set to rise.

Cape Town has been chosen as the host city for WorldPride 2028. It is the first time Africa will host the event.

For the simple act of washing their hands, slum dwellers in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township have to go to a communal tap, fill up a bucket of water and haul it back to their shack.

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin.