That the Cape Flats and the coloured people in general live in a state of constant depression is a given. That every violent death we suffer can reasonably be blamed on the ANC isn't in question.

South Africa: Gangs of Cape Flats. For more than 50 years, street gangs have been a defining part of life in the so-called “coloured” communities of the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa.

And at the centre of it all lies the coloured community of mixed-race heritage, which is spread across much of the lower and working class, sub-economic areas of the Cape Flats.

The Cape Flats townships, located on a barren, sandy strip more than 15 miles outside Cape Town, were among these designated coloured areas. Today, they remain segregated almost exclusively along ...

A Cape Flats writer has taken his story from the dusty streets on the outskirts of the city to Exclusive Books' bestsellers list. Yusuf Daniels, 48, is the author of Living Coloured, a recently ...

It is not only the economic failure that is a reality for the Cape Flats coloured communities; the social and political dysfunction, marginalisation and disillusion have reached epic proportions ...

One learner who had moved to the Cape Flats from Malawi, for example, identified as coloured because her best friend was coloured and she didn’t speak isiXhosa, so wasn’t black.

Shanice Appels and Laverne “HippKhoi” Maart are strong, young coloured women from the Cape Flats who are social media activists but also do work where it counts most, on the ground.

Pride in African roots-style hip hop by Cape Flats' coloured musicians is helping to fill the gap. But Cameroonian DJ and music critic, Jean-Noel Ntone believes there is a way to go before they find ...

In a council sitting, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis showed an image of National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams holding a gun, which has prompted the latest in a back-and-forth between ...

That the Cape Flats and the coloured people in general live in a state of constant depression is a given. That every violent death we suffer can reasonably be blamed on the ANC isn't in question.

A Cape Flats writer has taken his story from the dusty streets on the outskirts of the city to Exclusive Books' bestsellers list. Yusuf Daniels, 48, is the author of Living Coloured, a recently ...