Housing
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
Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers
Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth
News | 25 March 2020
Families moved to “serviced sites” say they are worse off than before
131 households in Jaagvlakte find themselves without water
News | 24 March 2020
Residents vow to fight for services at funeral for boy killed by illegal electricity connection
Angry mourners defy government’s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people
Brief | 23 March 2020
Dozens of families spend night outside amid ongoing evictions
“They left us with nothing. I don’t know where I will go now” says Khayelitsha occupier
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 March 2020
Human Rights Commission asked to look at farm job losses and evictions
Seasonal farm worker says she was dismissed without full pay and told: “It’s because of the virus”
News | 23 March 2020
Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions
“The current business as usual response … does not consider the communicable nature of Covid-19”
By Zoë Postman
News | 21 March 2020