Housing
Long wait for title deeds in Durban
Residents of Mount Moriah have been waiting more than ten years
News | 7 May 2020
500 households in Empumelelweni have no toilets
Ward councillor says she didn’t know of the settlement
Brief | 7 May 2020
Covid-19 relocation of elderly and disabled people disrupted by residents in Port Elizabeth
Vastrap residents demand priority for Jaagvlakte sites
Brief | 6 May 2020
Covid-19: “Gugulethu 7” backyarders say they’ve been abandoned
“We have received no food parcels, masks, gloves or even sanitisers”
News | 6 May 2020
Langa hostel residents say social distancing is not an option
City does not have money to upgrade hostel this financial year
News | 4 May 2020
Sleepless nights for Empolweni homeless
After their shacks were demolished during the lockdown, families have been left in dire straits and at the mercy of criminals
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 30 April 2020
Conflict in Philippi over electricity connections
Men living in Ramaphosa informal settlement accused of attacking women in Victoria Mxenge community
News | 28 April 2020
Hours after agreeing not to demolish shacks, eThekwini municipality sends in Land Invasion Unit
No demolitions, but residents of Khenana informal settlement say they were threatened and harassed
News | 28 April 2020
Covid-19 lockdown bridges social divide for Durban’s homeless
Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years
Interview | 24 April 2020