Oct 30 2010

Khayelitsha shebeen shuts doors for learners to study

Category: education,Entrepreneurs,News,Youthmark @ 7:29 pm

A group of Khayelitsha pupils needed a peaceful place to work. The place they chose was a rather unconventional one - Mpumie’s Place, a local shebeen.

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Oct 06 2010

Khayelitsha Boy Saves Friend from Fire

Category: News,Youthmark @ 8:15 am

Local hero Lubalalo Msutwana, from Khayelitsha, was presented with a gift as reward for his bravery while recovering at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on Wednesday September 30.

The twelve (12) year-old rescued his friend from a house fire..

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Sep 27 2010

Ncasmisa! Kiss the Women calls shame on South Africa

Category: Newsmark @ 8:18 am

Every week in Cape Town, there are 10 cases of lesbians suffering ‘corrective’ rape. Jo Caird on a chilling one-woman play about the hate crime sweeping South Africa.

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Feb 02 2010

Township malls hurt small shop-owners

Category: business,Entrepreneurs,Newsmark @ 10:43 am

Shopping malls have created competition for small township business, the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) of the University of South Africa (Unisa) has found.

Large shopping malls had been developed, or were under construction or in the planning phase in almost all township areas with sizeable population numbers, the BMR said in a statement on Sunday.

“This development has resulted in heightened competition for small township businesses with a potential risk of considerable consumer expenditure displacement away from them to national chains and franchise businesses in the new shopping complexes,” the BMR said.

‘Township malls hurt small shop-owners’

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Jan 19 2010

Khayelitsha Township by Jeanita

Category: Newsmark @ 8:27 am

Today we visited our second township, Khayelitsha. As I walked around the township I saw numerous shacks, and some would called this an impoverished area or the ghetto…more

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