Housing

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Dunoon ward councillor’s office petrol bombed

Land occupation blamed for arson attack

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News | 19 June 2020

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Shack dwellers make up their own housing list for new City of Cape Town project

Dozens try to occupy land set aside for Maroela Project

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News | 18 June 2020

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City councillor Zahid Badroodien says there’s room for homeless people in Cape Town’s shelters. But our investigation found very few empty places

GroundUp contacted shelters across the city

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News | 17 June 2020

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Durban fire leaves 150 people homeless and one dead

One of two serious shack fires in city in 24 hours

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Brief | 15 June 2020

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Family of five die in shack fire

Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire

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News | 15 June 2020

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Residents clash with land occupiers in Uitenhage

Municipality says land is earmarked for beneficiaries of de-densification programme

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News | 12 June 2020

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Asylum seeker with spinal cord injury faces eviction from his shack

Markus Nyoni can no longer pay his rent because of the Covid-19 pandemic

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News | 12 June 2020

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Conflict in Hout Bay as City demolishes structures

Teargas, rubber bullets and stones exchanged between police and residents

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News | 11 June 2020

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In photos: Cape Town flooded

The city has been hit by hail, lightning, thunder and heavy rain since Wednesday

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Photo Essay | 11 June 2020