Residents burn rubbish because it doesn’t get collected
“It’s like they forgot about us,” says resident in East London informal settlement
Brief | 1 July 2019
“Everytime I look at these wires, I remember how my grandson died,” says East London grandmother
A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years
Brief | 28 June 2019
“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident
Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015
News | 24 June 2019
300 homes share eight pit toilets
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
News | 18 June 2019
Mdantsane residents close down ANC ward councillor’s office
Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca laughs off allegations that she is involved in dodgy housing deals
By Lisekho Madikane and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 18 June 2019
Gogo’s 20 year battle to change an error on her ID
Home Affairs is now investigating the matter
Brief | 31 May 2019
A loan shark has her ID, so she can’t vote today
It’s illegal, but the mashonisas keep documents and bank cards
News | 8 May 2019
We campaigned for the ANC as instructed, but we never got the promised houses, say East London families
Braelyn residents have been trying to get housing since 2013
News | 7 May 2019
RDP house flooded every time it rains
“I was better off staying in the shacks”
Brief | 26 April 2019