Housing
Sophiatown bursts into protests
20-year-old Cape Town informal settlement has floods but no water
Brief | 29 June 2020
Unable to pay rent during lockdown, Johannesburg tenants face eviction
Most tenants in Bramley property are immigrants
By Zoë Postman
News | 26 June 2020
104-year-old woman has to go to the toilet in the open
Elisa Khumalo has watched as other people in the area get new toilets but not her
By Teboho Moloi
Brief | 24 June 2020
Families vacate land at owner’s request, only to be moved off new land too
City of Cape Town demolished the shacks and confiscated the material of 13 families who had moved from private land
Brief | 24 June 2020
Sophiatown residents’ 20-year battle for services and housing
City says it can’t provide services on land it does not own
News | 24 June 2020
“This is not a land grab. We are taking back what belongs to us”
Hundreds of people in Midvaal occupy private land
News | 23 June 2020
Doornbach residents resist Covid-19 relocation plan
About 1,500 Dunoon families are to be moved to Winning Way
Brief | 23 June 2020
Residents thank Covid-19 pandemic for sanitation
After 23 years using a pit latrine, community gets chemical toilets
Brief | 19 June 2020
New occupation in Uitenhage named Covid Village
Municipality says it is still considering whether to formalise the housing or to follow legal processes for removal
News | 19 June 2020