Housing
Bizeleni Gwanya and her disabled daughter were promised an RDP house. Years later, they are still in a mud house
The Flagstaff-Ingquza housing project has stalled due to budget constraints, says Eastern Cape Human Settlements
Brief | 23 March 2026
Cederberg municipality battles to keep up with sprawling informal settlements
Almost one in five residents of Clanwilliam and Citrusdal live in informal settlements with limited access to water, sanitation, and refuse removal
By Liezl Human
Feature | 20 March 2026
What Cape Town is spending on homes, roads and the N2 wall
The municipality’s plans have been hotly debated
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff and Peter Luhanga.
Charts | 20 March 2026
Joburg metro cops destroy shacks in Ennerdale
Build us new homes, demand occupiers of land meant for housing that was never built
News | 19 March 2026
Cape Town affordable housing projects inch forward
Construction is yet to start on Western Cape government’s inner-city projects
Brief | 19 March 2026
Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site
Heritage committee and local residents’ association raise alarm over lack of detail in the current proposal for development
News | 13 March 2026
Public Works to evict three former MK MPs from state subsidised housing
The former MPs have refused to vacate the parliamentary village since they were removed from Parliament in August 2024
Brief | 12 March 2026
Hundreds gather to remember children killed in shack blaze
A fire in Shaka’s Head near KwaDukuza killed five people on 28 February
Brief | 9 March 2026
Shacks demolished while eviction case drags on for Durban’s Piedmont Park
The municipality says it will only be able to provide alternative accommodation in 2027
By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken
Brief | 9 March 2026