IRISH philanthropist Niall Mellon may be a hero in the townships of Cape Town but he's not that ... his work replacing shacks with brick houses in the shanty towns of South Africa.

RESIDENTS jumped from burning homes into a nearby creek to escape the flames that devastated an Abaco shanty town early yesterday morning. More than 70 homes were wiped out in the blaze that ...

Communal taps in poor areas known as informal settlements — or shanty towns — likely would ... she said from her employer’s house in Cape Town's southern suburbs. But even with "Day Zero ...

THE possible demolition of shanty town homes by the government is “unlawful”, a Supreme Court Chief Justice was told yesterday by the legal team representing residents. Arguments were heard ...