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Police minister Bheki Cele with Bulelani Qholani in Khayelitsha on July 4 2020.Picturee: ESA ALEXANDER

President sent me to you, Cele tells man dragged naked from shack

Police minister Bheki Cele has dismissed the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement unit as a rogue structure. On Saturday, Cele visited Bulelani Qholani, the man who was seen in a video being dragged naked by officials during a…

Cape Town mayor Dan Plato apologised to Bulelani Qholani on July 2 2020 after the Khayelitsha man was dragged naked from his home by city council law-enforcement officers.Image: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks

Cape town mayor suggests naked eviction was staged to make city look bad

Cape Town mayor Dan Plato says he has seen footage showing that Bulelani Qholani, the man who was dragged out of a shack naked during an eviction by the city in Khayelitsha, was clothed moments before the incident. Plato was speaking to…

Overview on the crowded housing in the informal settlement of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. DATE: 03 April 2020, PICTURE: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAYTIMES

Health experts denounce growing Covid-19 stigma

In the battle to defeat Covid-19, a young Khayelitsha mother and her family have an unwelcome secondary fight on their hands — against the stigma growing around people infected with the virus. After the 25-year-old tested positive eight…

Foreign shop owner gunned down, residents irate with police

A foreign national shop owner is fighting for his life in a hospital in East London after he was allegedly gunned down at his shop in Khayelitsha by an unknown suspect(s) on January 29. According to a neighbour who did not want to be…

Power outage leaves Khayelitsha in the dark

While a power outage affecting Khayelitsha in Komani drags on towards the end of the week, it is not yet clear when the problem will be resolved. The Rep reported earlier this week that the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality had reported…