Housing
Cape Town shack dwellers march in city centre for services
Covid informal settlement lacks water, electricity and sanitation
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 3 November 2025
Sink holes open up again beneath shacks in Khayelitsha
The cause is a collapsing sewer line, but the City of Cape Town cannot access it unless it relocates the residents
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 30 October 2025
Tshwane Municipality fails to improve living conditions at Mamelodi Hostel
Three years ago the City promised to restore electricity and erect a fence. Nothing has been done and the place is deteriorating
Brief | 29 October 2025
Durban community hall left to ruin by municipality
Jabulani Hall has broken windows and collapsing ceilings and its dilapidated offices are occupied by people who say they were displaced by floods in 2022
By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken
News | 28 October 2025
Eldorado Park occupiers picket police station after shack demolitions
They accuse the police of brutality during an eviction operation last week
Brief | 27 October 2025
District Six claimants wonder if they will be alive by the time government redevelops the historic site
“Hopefully, the next generation will perhaps benefit,” says 77-year-old claimant
News | 27 October 2025
Durban ward councillor’s mobile office overturned by angry residents
People in eNkanini informal settlement say they have been living without services since 2017
Brief | 24 October 2025
Court green-lights eviction of over 1,800 Ballito residents
But KwaDukuza Municipality must satisfy the court it has a plan to relocate them with services
Law | 24 October 2025
Over 100 houses illegally occupied in stalled Nyanga project
Contractor problems, the covid pandemic, extortion attempts, vandalism and illegal occupations have delayed the housing project
Brief | 22 October 2025