Housing

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Housing crisis: data collection is critical

World experts at the International Urban Conference discuss the need to build trust before building houses

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News | 3 February 2018

Michael Helsie works on a wooden sculpture of a cheetah

Homeless artist carves out a living

Michael Helsie makes wooden sculptures of animals

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Photo Essay | 2 February 2018

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City of Cape Town destroys new shacks on Khayelitsha land

Residents say they cleaned up an illegal dump to build their shacks

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News | 31 January 2018

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Slow progress for victims of huge Durban fire

Municipality accused of failing to provide vital information after Foreman Road disaster

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News | 25 January 2018

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Another child drowns in Addo’s killer canal

Children say they have nowhere else to play

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News | 18 January 2018

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No shelters for homeless people in East London

Fourteen people live in a public toilet

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News | 18 January 2018

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Scathing judgment against Ekurhuleni municipality for 17-year housing delay

Court orders that homes must be built by end of year

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Law | 18 January 2018

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Maitland slumlord forced to fix up property

Overcrowded house under renovation following GroundUp investigation

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Brief | 15 January 2018

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Head of Green Party versus four families in court

Noordhoek eviction case highlights complex land issues

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News | 12 January 2018

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Police failed to protect us from mob justice, says Eastern Cape family

Man’s house burned down after he was accused of a stabbing which never took place

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News | 9 January 2018

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Sewage spill spoils children’s holidays

PE residents have been complaining to the municipality for months

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News | 9 January 2018

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Teenager shot with rubber bullet after land occupation

13-year-old shot in knee as residents’ shacks demolished

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News | 8 January 2018

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Court victory for victims of Mooiriver fire

Mpofana Municipality must provide accommodation before it can evict residents living in hall

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Law | 21 December 2017

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City warns owner of overcrowded Maitland property

About 52 immigrants living in four small dwellings on the property, sharing one toilet

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News | 13 December 2017

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Call to fix street lights after children electrocuted

Fears that other children might die from stray wires

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Brief | 12 December 2017

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R60 billion banks lawsuit heads for Gauteng court

Constitutional Court refuses to hear application

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Brief | 6 December 2017