Housing
Covid-19: Shack demolitions continue in Durban despite moratorium plea
Abahlali BaseMjondolo accuse eThekwini Municipality of using the lockdown to “wage a war” against the movement
News | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: “Look at him pretending to care” - cool welcome for mayor at Glebelands hostel
“Our rubbish has not been collected for four weeks. But the truck suddenly comes at the same time as the mayor today.”
News | 2 April 2020
“Staying safe from Covid-19 is a concern for those who have homes” says evicted occupier
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality says occupiers refused offer for alternative housing
News | 1 April 2020
Covid-19: eThekwini accused of defying ban on evictions
All evictions suspended by government
By Athalie Crawford and Nompendulo Ngubane
News | 30 March 2020
Municipal officials suspended amid allegations of “selling RDP houses”
Residents still living in shacks are billed for houses they have never seen
News | 30 March 2020
Hundreds of incomplete RDP homes left to rot
National and provincial human settlements departments say NU29 housing project is responsibility of the municipality
News | 30 March 2020
Covid-19: Homeless people in Muizenberg are afraid and anxious
“No one has talked to us about the virus. We don’t know what it can do to us. All we know is that you must wash your hands.”
Brief | 27 March 2020
ANC members accused of selling land for illegal occupation
Angered community leader responds by selling sites for just R1
News | 27 March 2020
Housing backlog exceeds half a million in Western Cape
City and Province’s housing demand drive adds 10,000 more to the database
Feature | 26 March 2020