Housing

Tired of waiting for government, Pietermaritzburg residents build their own mud houses

“We have been waiting for houses since 1999”

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News | 28 September 2017

64-year-old Duncan Village resident has to walk 1km to the toilet

“It is not the municipality who tells people to start the informal settlement; they do it at their own risk” says councillor

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News | 27 September 2017

Cape Town’s welcome change in housing policy

Good work by housing activists and city officials

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GroundView | 27 September 2017

City of Cape Town shelves Wolwerivier housing project

Other sites should be prioritised, says Brett Herron

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Brief | 26 September 2017

Hout Bay residents call for solidarity with Hangberg

Solemn protest on International Day of Peace demands housing and fishing rights

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Brief | 22 September 2017

Bearing Witness: Why it is worth seeing Masixole Feni’s photography

A Drain on our Dignity provides a visual slice through townships of Cape Town

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Opinion | 22 September 2017

White farmers and Communist Party members join to fight bank evictions

Protesters demand change to legislation

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News | 21 September 2017

Humansdorp residents protest for better housing

Mayor holds “stakeholder” meeting at country club while residents protest at community hall

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Brief | 21 September 2017

Promised RDP houses after six months: Nine years later they still waiting

“This is not a place I want my grandchildren to grow up in. I do not want to die here.”

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News | 21 September 2017

“Our grass is only cut when they host ANC rallies”

Pietermaritzburg township residents call for street lights, better roads, housing and clean toilets

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News | 21 September 2017

City of Cape Town to provide eight new spaces for homeless people

Councillor admits current law enforcement approach a “lost cause” that’s “foolish” to continue

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News | 15 September 2017

In photos: Cape Town’s affordable housing sites

City has committed to turning 13 sites near the city centre into homes for low-income households

Text by Will Yoder. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Photo Essay | 14 September 2017

Judge urges Bromwell Street parties to mediate

“It is tragic that people would have to go to Wolwerivier [when] there could have been some place closer to Woodstock for them to stay”

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Law | 14 September 2017

No one held accountable for death of man during Red Ants raid

Months after Samuel Mabunda died, police, security industry, municipality fail to account

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News | 13 September 2017

Judge questions City’s plan to send Woodstock families to Wolwerivier

“If you get sent to Wolwerivier, what is the chance you will be able to get out?”

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News | 12 September 2017