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Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests
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
Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 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
Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City
“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”
Brief | 24 April 2019
Bobani must deliver on his promises to PE shack dwellers, say protesters
Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks
Brief | 1 April 2019
Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses
“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2019
Mayor Bobani promises electrificity to two informal settlements in PE
We will not give you our votes if you lie to us, warns protester
Brief | 13 March 2019
Shack dwellers in King William’s Town won’t relocate for electrification
Upgrade to Kanana Village means a hundred residents need to demolish their shacks
News | 12 March 2019
Damning report on Eskom air pollution
Coal-fired plants breached legal emission levels 3,200 times in 21 months
By John Yeld
News | 26 February 2019