Housing

Owner breaks down house under tenants’ feet

Woodstock property stripped before eviction hearing starts

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News | 8 August 2018

Uitenhage housing protest ends in land occupation

“It pains me when you burn tar roads while you demand new ones” councillor tells protesters

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News | 6 August 2018

87-year-old man walks three kilometres to fetch water

Smiling Valley has waited for basic services since 1992

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News | 6 August 2018

RDP houses built in a floodplain

Worst affected residents say they are prepared to relocate immediately

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News | 6 August 2018

Tembisa land occupiers accuse police of brutality

City says it is committed to building houses on the land

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News | 3 August 2018

PAC denies trading land for membership

The party is in talks with the municipality over a land occupation in Tembisa

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News | 3 August 2018

Parkwood housing project gets underway

But neighbours worried about property values

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News | 3 August 2018

Social housing: what if we can’t pay the rent, ask Salt River families

Pine Road residents worried about City plan

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News | 2 August 2018

Guard murdered for protecting RDP houses from thieves

Tshutsha Daniso was shot dead trying to prevent buildings in Mfuleni from being stripped while they are being built

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Brief | 31 July 2018

Why Woodstock Hospital has become a home for hundreds

“Legal or not, it is home. And it is a lot better than where I come from.”

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News | 31 July 2018

Shack fire victims “dumped” at church

Eight families have been sharing a one-room shack for three weeks after fire destroyed their homes

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Brief | 30 July 2018

Obs locals protest for open public space

Residents worried about encroaching development

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News | 28 July 2018

Room with a view: Occupiers explain why they have moved into a dilapidated Waterfront property

Living closer to the city has made life much easier

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Feature | 26 July 2018

“I am a mother to myself, my siblings and also to our father”

Minor children care for their paralysed father in one-room shack

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News | 26 July 2018

East London’s hostels left to crumble

“It’s been years really since we fixed them, but it will happen soon,” says councillor

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News | 26 July 2018

Masiphumelele residents frustrated after De Lille visit

Residents say mayoral pop-up office left housing questions unanswered

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News | 25 July 2018