Housing
“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
Dunoon ward councillor’s office petrol bombed
Land occupation blamed for arson attack
News | 19 June 2020
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
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 June 2020
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
By James Stent
News | 17 June 2020
Durban fire leaves 150 people homeless and one dead
One of two serious shack fires in city in 24 hours
Brief | 15 June 2020
Family of five die in shack fire
Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire
News | 15 June 2020