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Riverlea

Walking the Klip River (Part 2) – Encounters with boerboels, sewage spills and cable theft

South Africa

Walking the Klip River (Part 2) – Encounters with boerboels, sewage spills and cable theft

By Sean Christie

Walking Johannesburg's hidden waterways on a journey through history and neglect along the Klip River

South Africa

Walking Johannesburg's hidden waterways on a journey through history and neglect along the Klip River

By Sean Christie

Riverlea crackdown – police shut down informal mines, arrest dozens in drive to stamp out gun violence

South Africa

Riverlea crackdown – police shut down informal mines, arrest dozens in drive to stamp out gun violence

By Ihsaan Haffejee

‘There is shooting every night’ — Terrified Riverlea residents vow to continue protests until police act against zama zamas

South Africa

‘There is shooting every night’ — Terrified Riverlea residents vow to continue protests until police act against zama zamas

By Bheki C. Simelane

‘We’re prisoners in our own homes’, says desperate Riverlea, Joburg resident on zama zamas war

South Africa

‘We’re prisoners in our own homes’, says desperate Riverlea, Joburg resident on zama zamas war

By Ihsaan Haffejee