Shack dwellers too scared to shit
Access to safe toilets is a daily struggle for Island informal settlement residents
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 August 2018
Cops probed over missing fisherman
Police watchdog opens cases of attempted murder
News | 16 August 2018
Court gives Bella Vista occupiers a month to submit affidavits
Witzenberg Municipality says the homes were only for people who had been waiting more than ten years
Brief | 16 August 2018
Taxi council blames government for violence
Lack of recognition and consultation root cause of most disputes in the industry, says SANTACO
Parliament | 16 August 2018
Cape Town’s homeless and evicted march to Mayor’s office
Social movement Housing Assembly wants housing for all an end to illegal evictions
Brief | 16 August 2018
Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing
Court rules that Bromwell Street residents facing eviction can challenge housing plan
By Barbara Maregele and Tara Osborne
News | 15 August 2018
Paramedics seen as soft targets by criminals on the Cape Flats
City has 16 “red zones” where ambulances need police escorts
News | 15 August 2018
Former mayor promised us houses, say Nyanga residents
Shack dwellers in Lotus Park emergency housing say they have been waiting since 2003
News | 15 August 2018
In photos: The long wait for social grants
“I arrived here at 8:30pm on Wednesday, only to be helped the next day.”
Photo Essay | 15 August 2018