News
Violence erupts in Vrygrond after shack demolitions
Ward councillor says City is awaiting outcome of a court case over the vacant land
By Thembela Ntongana and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 17 April 2018
Colchester’s roads still in a mess, six months after contractor was fired
Some workers have not been fully paid
News | 17 April 2018
City halted housing project because of violence
“No more fight left” says 62-year-old woman after waiting 28 years for a house
News | 17 April 2018
Pietermaritzburg college campuses shut down
Students evicted after NSFAS fails to pay accommodation fees
News | 16 April 2018
Khayelitsha land occupiers describe their desperation
About 230 out of an initial 500 people remain, some having had their shacks demolished three times, and yet new land occupiers keep arriving
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 April 2018
Wallacedene fire victims want electricity restored
Increased hardships and fire risk as shack dwellers wait months for Eskom
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 April 2018
COSATU pickets Parliament over “deepening crisis in Cape Town”
Union raises similar issues to those raised by Saftu earlier in the day
News | 12 April 2018
Saftu marches against proposed labour laws
Union opposes secret ballot for strikes and national minimum wage amount
News | 12 April 2018
Philippi land occupiers threaten to defy court order
“I have nowhere to go. If they destroy our shacks then I would go and live in the streets with my wife and two children.”
News | 12 April 2018