Housing

Photo of electricity box in toilet

Toilets connected to kitchen sink in new houses, says resident

No electricity since February in Mfuleni housing project

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News | 21 July 2016

Photo of Montoedi Nyangweni in a wheelchair, with his mother Nokukhuthala

21-year-old in wheelchair just wants to go to school

Montoedi Nyangweni fell down a cliff fetching water from a river

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News | 19 July 2016

Photo of Dunyiswa Mpondo who fears removal from her house in Khayelitsha

No security of tenure after 25 years

Khayelitsha families fear removal from land

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News | 18 July 2016

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Ward 74: Beautiful valley with an ugly problem

A shortage of housing remains the hot-button issue in Hout Bay

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Feature | 18 July 2016

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ANC mayoral candidate’s claims don’t stand up to scrutiny

Allegations about Cape Town's and province's human settlements budgets are false or unsubstantiated

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News | 15 July 2016

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If you’re on a housing list, better not break up with your partner

Ocean View resident falls foul of housing policy

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Brief | 14 July 2016

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Candidate for ward council comes to rescue of fire victims

Residents accuse current councillor of neglecting them

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News | 14 July 2016

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Residents of Qunu informal settlement protest on margin of ANC rally

“I have seven years of moving around Port Elizabeth as a squatter"

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News | 13 July 2016

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Councillor gets free water, but residents have to pay her husband

Chris Hani residents up in arms over water

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News | 13 July 2016

Photo of Die Stalle informal settlement in Woodstock

Uncertain future for residents of old stables in Woodstock

Die Stalle to be developed as social housing

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News | 13 July 2016

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Families stuck in shacks because of government squabble

Housing project halted while municipality and contractor differ over invoice

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Brief | 11 July 2016

Photo of a young man working in a soup kitchen

A year of living dangerously on the streets of Durban

"I need a hug and the words of a father”

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News | 8 July 2016

Photo of residents in Mdantsane NU1 Two Rooms

Tension between those with and without electricity in Mdantsane

Illegal connections of shack-dwellers cause power outages for neighbours

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News | 6 July 2016

Photo of children in a burnt out area

Plastic View devastated by fire

Hundreds homeless and five dead in informal settlement east of Pretoria

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Photo Essay | 4 July 2016

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City promises first affordable housing in CBD since 1994

Households earning between R3,500 and R15,000 per month will qualify

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Brief | 30 June 2016

Graphic showing the proposed building in the city

Residents urge De Lille to stop 19-storey Bo-Kaap building

Mayor will have final say on giant development

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News | 29 June 2016