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Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes
“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager
News | 28 August 2019
Langa residents demand removal of ward councillor
Dozens protest outside municipal offices over blocked drains and toilets, lack of garbage removal and broken street lights
By Vincent Lali
News | 27 August 2019
“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”
Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability
News | 27 August 2019
Toilets unserviced for months in Khayelitsha
We breath unbearable stench from the dirty loos, says resident
By Vincent Lali
News | 27 August 2019
Raw sewage runs through Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement
Residents say they have been living in these conditions for over a year
News | 27 August 2019
“We turned an unused building into a place many now call home”
“In this place there is love and care,” says Woodstock hospital occupier
News | 27 August 2019
Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?
Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.
By Tessa Knight
News | 26 August 2019
Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
By Elsabé Brits
News | 26 August 2019
Small-scale farmers demand access to land
“Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us”
News | 23 August 2019