Housing
Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes
“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager
News | 28 August 2019
“We turned an unused building into a place many now call home”
“In this place there is love and care,” says Woodstock hospital occupier
News | 27 August 2019
Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?
Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.
By Tessa Knight
News | 26 August 2019
City says it has housing opportunities in Blue Downs
Residential serviced plots available for people with a monthly income of R9,000 to R22,000
Brief | 26 August 2019
Court orders hundreds of Kraaifontein farm dwellers to be relocated to Philippi
“The judgment doesn’t understand the reality confronting the people of Klein Akker Farm” says community leader
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 August 2019
Tensions between communities reach “boiling point” over electricity in Port Elizabeth
Mayor Bobani promises electrification of informal settlements and removal of all illegal connections
Brief | 22 August 2019
Farm workers say Oak Valley housing arrangements are racist
But farm retorts that its living conditions are humane
Brief | 21 August 2019
“Our area is over 120 years old but still we have no electricity, houses, and roads”
PE residents barricade roads because of housing delivery failures
Brief | 21 August 2019
Hundreds stranded by roadside after massive farm eviction in Kraaifontein
Evictees say all their possessions were seized
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 August 2019