Housing
20 shacks ignited in five minutes in experiment
University fire engineering research shows that fire-resistant paint does not work
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 12 October 2020
Obs occupiers win interdict against City
High Court judge says City of Cape Town tried to use bylaws “as a quick fix” to evict the Singabalapha group
News | 8 October 2020
Our obsession with mega projects is not good for South Africa
The R30 billion “new city” near Pretoria raises red flags
By Adi Kumar
Opinion | 7 October 2020
Shack dweller movement celebrates 15 years of struggle
Abahlali BaseMjondolo members have faced killings, physical attacks and demolitions of their houses
News | 5 October 2020
Protests erupt over slow relocation of PE shack dwellers
Vehicles stoned and roads closed by Vastrap, Qunu and Jaagvlakte informal settlement residents
News | 2 October 2020
Week-long housing protest in Plettenberg Bay
Qolweni protesters stop traffic on the N2
News | 30 September 2020
Shacks demolished in PE … by shack dwellers!
Anger erupts after some residents blamed for delays in electrification in Kanana
News | 30 September 2020
Activists threaten to take over unused land and farms
Call for state to form compact with civil society to drive land reform
News | 28 September 2020
No shack, no vote, says Port Elizabeth mother after 20 homes demolished
20 shacks demolished by municipality
News | 23 September 2020