Evictees claim they improved the place while their neighbours describe it as a “den of prostitution, crime, and drugs”
By Lilly Wimberly and Natalie Pertsovsky
News | 28 June 2017
City officials to meet with Joe Slovo Park leaders in a bid to end protests that started after shack demolitions
News | 27 June 2017
Land occupation followed removal of school classrooms
News | 26 June 2017
And no answers from the municipality on Mdantsane’s abandoned housing project
News | 26 June 2017
Protesters accused of attacking school bus
Brief | 23 June 2017
Police conduct 3am raid, arrest 12 and confiscate petrol bombs and tyres
News | 21 June 2017
“They asked me if it was my house. I went inside but they knocked it down anyway.”
News | 21 June 2017
Blikkiesdorp was supposed to be temporary, but residents are stuck there indefinitely
By Trevor Bohatch and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 20 June 2017
Backyarders from Town Two marched to Lingelethu police station on the weekend demanding release of six people who were arrested
News | 19 June 2017
People describe their desperation for a place to call home
News | 19 June 2017
Threat to cut off water and electricity spark protests, but a multitude of festering problems underlie community’s anger
Photo Essay | 12 June 2017
Judgment clarifies what must happen in eviction hearings
Law | 12 June 2017
200 people evacuated from Longmore Sawmill
News | 9 June 2017
City’s informal settlement residents battle to stay dry and warm during this week’s storm
Photo Essay | 9 June 2017
Accusations of theft and assault against eviction squad in Ivory Park
By Andrew Bennie and Moeketsi Monaheng
Feature | 9 June 2017