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Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

10 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti

...Johannesburg High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay more than R12-million to a property company because of its failure to comply with a court order to provide temporary accommodation t...

A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg

31 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Kimberly Mutandiro

...Johannesburg. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro Immigrants in Johannesburg who say they are denied health care in clinics have turned to the black market for smuggled medicines. Prescription-grade medicines ...

Operation Dudula’s victims demand justice

26 February 2025 | ARTICLE

By Kimberly Mutandiro

...Johannesburg building by anti-immigrant vigilantes. One of the victims, Margaret Maushe, who uses a wheelchair, now lives with her family in a “dark building” with 300 other families sharing two toile...

Tense standoff between police and Kliptown tenants

30 January 2025 | ARTICLE

By Silver Sibiya

...Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) flats in Kliptown, Soweto on Wednesday. Photos: Silver Sibiya Tyres and rubble were torched in the streets outside the Johannesburg Social Housing Company...

Displaced Limpopo farmers battle to make a living

13 June 2024 | ARTICLE

By Bernard Chiguvare

...Johannesburg. Some of them had employees. Some donated produce to schools in the area. In July 2022, the farmers suddenly found that fencing poles had been erected on the land. They went to complain t...

Dozens of shacks demolished in Midrand

14 May 2024 | ARTICLE

By Silver Sibiya

...Johannesburg demolishes the shacks and they rebuild. City spokesperson says this is not an eviction because the shacks were not occupied. Dozens of shacks in Rabie Ridge informal settlement in Midran...

Jo’burg building fire survivors march to mayor’s office

26 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Jabulile Mbatha

Scores of people marched to the Johannesburg mayor’s office under the umbrella of the Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign on Friday. Photo: Jabulile Mbatha Scores of people, some of them survivors of ...

Widow’s shack demolished six times since September

24 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Kimberly Mutandiro

Tholakhele Nkosi digging a hole with just the head of a pickaxe to put up a support pole for her shack. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro Johannesburg metro police demolished shacks in Rabie Ridge for the ...

Shelters for homeless families a rarity

19 April 2024 | ARTICLE

Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

...Johannesburg. The shelter operates out of a repurposed school. The classrooms have been divided into rooms and there is a play area for children. Isolde Adams and her two teenagers have been at the sh...

Call for Johannesburg to turn “dark buildings” into decent housing for poor people

18 September 2023 | ARTICLE

By Kimberly Mutandiro

Activists and residents of “dark buildings” in Johannesburg’s inner-city met outside the Library Gardens on Saturday to discuss the housing and service delivery needs. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro Acti...