Study finds that R20,000 is spent per homeless person per year in the criminal justice system
By Liezl Human
26 November 2020
The municipality is assessing whether the shacks can get electricity
25 November 2020
Judges will rule whether a court order must be sought in all cases
24 November 2020
Families moved to the “temporary relocation area” have grown in size over the past five years
23 November 2020
Councillor blames disagreement in the community
23 November 2020
Zwelenkosi Ngidi had gone to Cape Town police to find out about arrested community leaders
By Vincent Lali
20 November 2020
“My shack was filled with smoke and it was so hot inside. I grabbed my baby and ran out.”
19 November 2020
Atlantis was going to be a hub, said Judge Sher, but now “people are stuck out there with great unemployment and social problems”
By James Stent
18 November 2020
City argued that providing social or temporary housing in the inner city would take time
By James Stent
17 November 2020
Homes built for Soweto hostel residents in 2010 will have to be demolished and rebuilt
By Mosa Damane
17 November 2020
Cancellation of sale agreement between Western Cape government and the school that bought the property has not been finalised
By James Stent
13 November 2020
Land occupiers say they want water, toilets and electricity, but the City of Cape Town says the land is not suitable
By Vincent Lali
12 November 2020
Evictees say they were out of options
12 November 2020
They say they do not know who to ask for help as farm owner is impossible to track down
10 November 2020
Effingham shack dwellers feel neglected by the eThekwini Municipality
10 November 2020
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
6 November 2020