“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager
News | 28 August 2019
Protesters demand toilets and electricity
Brief | 26 August 2019
“The army is here to intimidate us” says Qandu-qandu informal settlement resident
News | 22 August 2019
Mayor Bobani promises electrification of informal settlements and removal of all illegal connections
Brief | 22 August 2019
About 50 people demonstrated outside Port Elizabeth city hall demanding electricity, toilets and water
Brief | 20 August 2019
“Even if we get electrical boxes for ten houses, that is fine. We will pay,” says Philippi resident
Brief | 2 August 2019
Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago
News | 19 July 2019
Supply chain management office closed by demonstrators ahead of R50 million tender deadline in PE
Brief | 4 July 2019
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
Eskom installed a new transformer in the area in June
Brief | 1 July 2019
Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 1 July 2019
A number of people have been electrocuted in Amalinda Forest informal settlement in the past three years
Brief | 28 June 2019
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 24 June 2019
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
News | 18 June 2019
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
Brief | 24 April 2019