Housing
Flooded shack dwellers occupy dry private land
Residents of Waterfront informal settlement want to move to Philippi Village property
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 11 June 2020
Homeless immigrants secure winter shelter
But a couple of dozen others still live in Cape Town park
By James Stent
News | 10 June 2020
“We are not evicting the residents, we are relocating them” says councillor
Human rights lawyer condemns “forceful and unlawful” evictions by SANDF
News | 5 June 2020
Covid-19: Mother fears for disabled daughter’s life
Woman with debilitating co-morbidities lives with five people in a shack that has no toilet
Brief | 5 June 2020
Life in a shack when you’re in a wheelchair
Every day Nonceba Siyobi sits in the doorway of her home hoping a passerby will help her to the nearest toilet
News | 4 June 2020
Homeless protesters disrupt Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court
If the City of Cape Town can demolish shacks during the lockdown, what is stopping us from evicting tenants? asks backyarder’s landlord
Brief | 3 June 2020
Why is our relocation not taken as seriously as Covid-19, asks informal settlement leader
“Normal relocations will resume when things have gone back to normal” says PE councillor
News | 1 June 2020
Covid-19: State should use Cape Town’s military airports for housing
Wingfield, Youngsfield and Ysterplaat could house more than 120,000 people
By Adi Kumar
Opinion | 1 June 2020