News
Woman has waited seven years in cold, leaking shack for builders to finish her RDP house
People’s Housing Process contractor went into liquidation, says City
By Vincent Lali
News | 3 July 2019
Child-headed household faces bleak future
Siyanda Nyovane is head of his household and lives in a shack. The 19-year-old has kept himself and his younger brother in school for years
News | 2 July 2019
Refugees wait for months in Musina for temporary permits
About 200 refugees are crowded into four tents at a church shelter
News | 2 July 2019
Billions in mining royalties intended for the poor squandered, stolen or diverted
Corruption Watch report finds revised Mining Charter isn’t working
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 1 July 2019
Court interdicts Ekurhuleni from reblocking informal settlement
City will appeal the court order affecting Vusimuzi in Tembisa
By Zoë Postman
News | 28 June 2019
Pietermaritzburg municipality lets water go to waste, but residents have to queue at the tap
100 people to one tap in Pavilion informal settlement
News | 27 June 2019
Inquest into death of baby after teargas fired in Marikana
Alunamda Mncedane died during Monday’s protests in Philippi, Cape Town
News | 26 June 2019
Transport minister dreams of bullet trains … but commuters want Metrorail to work now
Civil society and commuter groups tell Fikile Mbalula their demands
News | 26 June 2019
Three children rebuild their shack – again
City of Cape Town says only unoccupied shacks were demolished, but residents disagree
News | 26 June 2019