Housing
Judge in Woodstock eviction case concerned about “spatial apartheid”
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
Law | 18 November 2020
Bromwell Street: Residents want emergency accommodation near city
City argued that providing social or temporary housing in the inner city would take time
By James Stent
Law | 17 November 2020
300 people have been living in shipping containers for 10 years
Homes built for Soweto hostel residents in 2010 will have to be demolished and rebuilt
By Mosa Damane
News | 17 November 2020
Appeal of Tafelberg judgment delayed
Cancellation of sale agreement between Western Cape government and the school that bought the property has not been finalised
By James Stent
News | 13 November 2020
Angry protesters block N2
Land occupiers say they want water, toilets and electricity, but the City of Cape Town says the land is not suitable
By Vincent Lali
News | 12 November 2020
Court grants eviction order against alleged housing “hijackers”
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020
Forgotten farm dwellers in Philippi plead for services
They say they do not know who to ask for help as farm owner is impossible to track down
News | 10 November 2020
Two people arrested during protest for jobs, water and electricity
Effingham shack dwellers feel neglected by the eThekwini Municipality
News | 10 November 2020
Tensions reach breaking point in Franschhoek valley
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 November 2020