Brian Munyai has spent nearly all of his 22 years living in a small metal shack that has never had electricity or running water. He shares a pit latrine with his neighbors. He bathes in a bucket with ...

Some of the tutors from the Kliptown Youth Program posing in a picture. The Kliptown Youth Program (KYP) has been a beacon of hope and development for the youth in Kliptown. Recently, two of their ...

Tensions are running high in Kliptown Square housing units near Lenasia, south of Johannesburg as residents voice their anger over the disconnection of bypassed service meters. City Power, ...

Eskom and City Power teams are disconnecting dangerous illegal electricity lines in Chicken Farm informal settlement in Kliptown, Soweto. This is the area where a group of people, allegedly residents ...

The historic Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, scene of the signing of the Freedom Charter in 1955, has been filled with rubble and broken glass since looting started during last July's unrest. This ...

‘It’s like we are sitting on a ticking time bomb,” said Kliptown, Soweto resident Kwenza Mjoli who, at about 6am, saw a taxi and a car being washed away at a bridge between the Kliptown informal ...

“There shall be houses, security and comfort”. This is the promise of the Freedom Charter adopted in 1955 in Kliptown, Soweto. But many of the families living in Kliptown today are still waiting. The ...

The South African slum of Kliptown has long suffered from high rates of unemployment, crime and school dropouts, and the end of apartheid did little to change the situation. But hundreds of children ...

Police minister Bheki Cele will on Thursday return to Pimville in the Kliptown policing area in Soweto to further engage community members on identified crimes and policing concerns. Ministry ...

June 26 marks exactly 70 years since political formations from all racial groups met at the Walter Sisulu Square for a congress of the people and adopted the Freedom Charter. Informal dwellings in ...