VukaniVukani is a community-based digital platform and print newspaper that focuses on Cape Town’s townships and surrounding areas.

News | Cape Town Townships | Vukani News The Vukani was established in 2000. This long established popular community title includes the key shopping centres the Promenade Mall and Sanlam Centre within its distribution area.

  • AfriForum must answer treason charge, say residents
    by Staff Reporter on February 19, 2025 at 9:42 am

    Eric Kweleta laying charge against AfriForum at Lingelethu SAPS in Khayelitsha. About one hundred Khayelitsha residents visited the Lingelethu police station on Sunday to open a case of high treason against AfriForum. The group was comprised of churches, business forums and members of several civic organisations. They have since been followed in opening a case The post AfriForum must answer treason charge, say residents appeared first on Vukani News.

  • Codeta employee gets R100 000 for long service
    by Siyavuya Khaya on February 19, 2025 at 8:50 am

    Cape Organisation for Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) administrative officer Lusanda Magoda, middle, receives as cheque for R100 000 from the association’s chairman, Nceba Enge, left, and president, Fikile George. The Cape Organisation for Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) has given a cheque for R100 000 to its administrative officer, Lusanda Magoda, saying it recognises her almost The post Codeta employee gets R100 000 for long service appeared first on Vukani News.

  • Sassa outreach helps ease card switch scramble
    by Phiri Cawe on February 19, 2025 at 8:35 am

    The South African Social Security Agency held a community outreach at the Desmond Tutu Hall in Makhaza on Friday February 14. Khayelitsha grant recipients were full of praise for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) during its community outreach programme there last Friday, but elsewhere it drew rebuke as thousands of pensioners were fed The post Sassa outreach helps ease card switch scramble appeared first on Vukani News.

  • Nyanga woman dies after being shot at PAC funeral
    by Staff Reporter on February 19, 2025 at 8:02 am

    PAC activist Nomthandazo Bam died after being shot during a funeral service at the Maitland cemetery. Police are investigating a murder case after an Nyanga woman was fatally shot at a Pan Africanist Congress activist’s funeral, which was attended by the party’s president and government minister Mzwanele Nyhontso. It is believed that Ntombomzi Bam, also The post Nyanga woman dies after being shot at PAC funeral appeared first on Vukani News.

  • ‘People are tired of living in shacks’
    by Phiri Cawe on February 19, 2025 at 7:48 am

    Angry residents from Khayelitsha shanty towns sang and danced in front of the main gate of the Khayelitsha Training Centre last week, calling for basic services and housing. More than 200 residents from the shanty towns of Khayelitsha’s Ward 94 and surrounds marched to municipal offices in the township last week, calling for basic services The post ‘People are tired of living in shacks’ appeared first on Vukani News.

  • Extortion suspected in Philippi killings
    by Siyavuya Khaya on February 19, 2025 at 7:47 am

    The spot in Better Life, Philippi, where five men were killed. Extortion is suspected to be behind the killing of five men, aged 22 to 30, whose burnt bodies were found in Better Life, Philippi, although the exact motive for the crime that has shocked the community isn’t clear yet, say police. The men’s bodies The post Extortion suspected in Philippi killings appeared first on Vukani News.

  • Message of support for amakrwala
    by Phiri Cawe on February 19, 2025 at 6:40 am

    Amakrwala listening to the elders and prayers at the Nonzwakazi Methodist Church last Sunday. Nonzwakazi Methodist Church in Gugulethu sent a message of hope and encouragement to amakrwala (newly graduated initiates) during a payer gathering on Sunday.  The graduates, accompanied by the amakhankatha (traditional guardians) from the Cape Metro Initiation Forum and Somagwaza Institute, were welcomed The post Message of support for amakrwala appeared first on Vukani News.

  • Cecil Jacobs, 84, nurtures tomorrow’s ballet stars
    by Alicia English on February 18, 2025 at 10:11 am

    Back, from left, are ballerinas from the Cecil Jacobs Outreach Community Project, Joemeeca Gous, Gabriella Julies, Alyssa Fransman and Chavonne Visagie with Shiloh Ohlson in front. Cape Town ballet teacher Cecil Jacobs, 84, is still going strong, nurturing the next generation of ballet stars. Through his non-profit organisation, Cecil Jacobs Outreach Community Project, in Strandfontein, The post Cecil Jacobs, 84, nurtures tomorrow’s ballet stars appeared first on Vukani News.

  • How to help kids beat the heat this summer
    by Staff Reporter on February 18, 2025 at 8:49 am

    Parents need to take extra care of their children when they are exposed to extreme heat at the beaches during summer. Children are more prone than adults to suffer heatstroke or heat exhaustion during the hot summer months because their bodies produce more heat during physical activity while their cooling mechanisms, such as sweating, are The post How to help kids beat the heat this summer appeared first on Vukani News.