Housing

Shack fire claims life of 28-year-old

GroundUp reporter Sabelo Mpana was at the scene

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Brief | 27 March 2017

School books and uniforms taken by sheriff in shack demolition

“It is becoming difficult to explain our situation to school teachers because this is the third time,” says 15-year-old

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News | 27 March 2017

Sewage “spilling continuously” into Butterworth river

Residents and livestock suffer while year-old leak is unfixed

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News | 27 March 2017

Housing activists occupy state-owned buildings near Cape Town centre

Civil disobedience action follows provincial government’s decision not to build social housing on Tafelberg property in Sea Point

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News | 27 March 2017

Paarl families living in apartheid hostels

Some residents have been waiting since the 1980s and 90s to convert their accommodation to family units

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News | 24 March 2017

Fire victims in Imizamo Yethu agree to halt rebuilding

Residents want City to explain re-blocking plans on site

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News | 24 March 2017

Activists vow to continue fight for Tafelberg site

Campaigners sceptical of Province’s commitment to social housing on Woodstock and Waterfront sites

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Brief | 24 March 2017

Tafelberg sale to proceed: no social housing

Reclaim the City slams the Western Cape government decision

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News | 22 March 2017

Reblocking at Imizamo Yethu suspended

City obtains an interdict against rebuilders

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News | 20 March 2017

Tafelberg decision: the moment of truth for Zille and her Cabinet

On Wednesday, the Western Cape government must decide if it will “continue with a legacy of apartheid spatial planning” or not

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Opinion | 20 March 2017

Immigrants in Imizamo Yethu: no relocation from community “we are used to”

Some foreign nationals have rebuilt their shacks after the fire despite City agreement

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News | 20 March 2017

Community faces uncertain future after fire in Imizamo Yethu

Mixed reaction among residents to City plans to reblock

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News | 17 March 2017

Masiphumelele residents want permission to occupy vacant City land

Meeting between City officials and residents started and ended chaotically

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News | 15 March 2017

Shacks demolished for reblocking after Hout Bay fire

Fire victims ask where they are supposed to sleep

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News | 13 March 2017

Arrests after Masiphumelele protest cuts cycle tour short

Residents block roads in support of housing demands

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News | 13 March 2017

Jewish Capetonians sign petition calling for social housing at Tafelberg

Tafelberg property could “advance equality and integration”

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News | 13 March 2017