Housing

Over 600 people left homeless by Masiphumelele fire

Living Hope organisation calls for donations of essential items to help victims

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Brief | 21 January 2026

Families take refuge in churches after Limpopo floods

More than 40 families displaced since 14 January

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News | 19 January 2026

District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages

Five families who have fought their eviction for years have lost their court battle

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Law | 13 January 2026

Dunoon fire victims rush to rebuild homes as City proposes reblocking

The fire at Doornbach informal settlement left thousands homeless and over 600 structures destroyed

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News | 13 January 2026

Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year

Funding is secured, but about 50 families living in an informal settlement still need to be relocated

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News | 12 January 2026

City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters

Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance

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Brief | 7 January 2026

Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance

New homes for families living above sewer pipes have been destroyed

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News | 6 January 2026

Three die when house collapses in Soweto

Confusion over whether area is illegally occupied

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News | 30 December 2025

Housing activist group wants to bid for R87-million property

The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold

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News | 19 December 2025