Housing
Cape storm leaves hundreds without “toilets”
“Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 July 2020
“Empty promises by housing officials” trigger protests in Despatch
“It is easy for this government to shoot at us when we protest. But it is difficult to give us the houses we were promised since 2015”
News | 13 July 2020
Homes demolished as storm hits Cape Town
Five shacks in Vrygrond were demolished on a rainy Thursday afternoon
News | 11 July 2020
In photos: Storm causes flooding in Cape Town
The City’s Disaster Risk Management says flood kits, sand and milling will be provided to affected informal settlements
By Peter Luhanga and Buziwe Nocuze
Photo Essay | 10 July 2020
“We lived better on the farms” says evictee
Families tell of hardship since being relocated from a farm to an informal settlement in Wellington
By Liezl Human
News | 10 July 2020
Bulelani Qolani: What happened before he was dragged naked from his shack?
We have reviewed videos and interviewed witnesses
By Vincent Lali and James Stent
News | 9 July 2020
Shacks demolished for fourth time in Tembisa since lockdown eased
Burning of materials shows heavy handedness and violence by metro police, says lawyer
By Zoë Postman
News | 9 July 2020
Land occupation in Midvaal the work of a criminal syndicate, says City
Walkerville “Big Six” say land must be taken from whites and given to black people
News | 9 July 2020
“Anti-social behaviour” could soon disqualify you from renting from the City
Public comment on draft housing allocation policy open till 21 July
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and James Stent
News | 9 July 2020