Housing

Hundreds of shacks demolished in Khayelitsha

Land occupiers say they will rebuild until City finds solution

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News | 5 September 2017

City submits report on housing for Albert Road families

Wolwerivier and Blikkiesdorp among options for people facing eviction

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Brief | 4 September 2017

Marikana: Lonmin’s dodgy housing record

GroundUp inquiry reveals painfully slow pace of construction

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Feature | 4 September 2017

Does Marikana really have 60,000 people?

Measuring the number of people living in an informal settlement is difficult

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Analysis | 1 September 2017

City of Cape Town ordered to buy land for Marikana residents

Court ruling ensures that 60,000 people will not be evicted from their homes

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News | 30 August 2017

Court gives Steenvilla residents another chance

Evictees given additional time to apply for leave to appeal

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News | 30 August 2017

Municipality apologises for destroying occupied shacks

Backyarders accuse Witzenberg Municipality of ignoring their pleas for housing

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News | 30 August 2017

Better street lights would reduce crime, say Khayelitsha residents

“People are being targeted even going to the toilet”

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News | 30 August 2017

Legality of Howell Street evictions questioned

“You cannot evict someone unless you have alternative accommodation, and these people have nowhere to go” says municipality official

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News | 25 August 2017

Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents

Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade

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News | 25 August 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments - at R800,000 each

Buyers would have to earn at least R25,000 a month

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News | 25 August 2017

PE deputy mayor breaks ranks on land occupation

Bobani tells residents the municipality was wrong

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News | 23 August 2017

Clashes in Khayelitsha following land occupation

“I have no source of income because I’m jobless but I have to pay R500 to my landlord monthly”

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News | 21 August 2017

Activists suspect security company of attacking them

“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”

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News | 21 August 2017

Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions

Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement

Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Brief | 18 August 2017

Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017