Increased housing subsidy will result in more informal settlements
By not increasing the overall housing budget, fewer people will be getting formal houses from government
By Ronald Eglin
Opinion | 8 July 2022
Kariega by-election: “I voted without taking a bath. I was stinking!”
“No water, no vote” say voters fed-up with Nelson Mandela Bay’s water shortage
Brief | 8 July 2022
Hundreds of families in inner-city Johannesburg may lose the only home they have known for years
The Bekezela settlement building is owned by PRASA
Feature | 8 July 2022
Video: Making fun books for children in their mother-tongue
“It’s not that children don’t like to read. It’s that they haven’t found the right book yet” says Tina Akuoko of Ethnikids.
Video | 8 July 2022
Loadshedding may have killed Khayelitsha couple
Daughter suspects they went to bed when the electricity cut and forgot to switch off a stove
Brief | 7 July 2022
Developer strikes landmark deal with families occupying Kommetjie land
Eviction case withdrawn from High Court
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 7 July 2022
City suspends operations in Philippi after team robbed at gunpoint
Families in Marcus Garvey informal settlement are living with a large pool of stagnant sewer water behind their homes
Brief | 7 July 2022
New information delays Lottery corruption report
The Special Investigating Unit was expected to hand its report to President Ramaphosa in April
Brief | 7 July 2022
School site abandoned as contractor accuses education department of failing to pay
Meanwhile learners at Eyabantu Senior Secondary school in Fort Beaufort are crammed into tiny temporary classrooms
News | 7 July 2022