Housing
“I was in my room washing. Then they threw me outside.” Bulelani Qolani describes how he was dragged naked from his shack
“The video of me is important so people see the City of Cape Town”
By James Stent
News | 2 July 2020
City of Cape Town Law Enforcement drag naked man out of his house
City says incident is being investigated
By James Stent
News | 1 July 2020
Hundreds of new homes demolished in Port Elizabeth
Municipality demolishes shacks as they are being built
News | 1 July 2020
July deadline to relocate 1,500 Dunoon families “is no longer feasible”
“The units will not be for ownership. They will be owned by the province and leased to the beneficiaries,” says MEC
News | 1 July 2020
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