Housing
Occupiers of old age home try to raise funds to get to Supreme Court
Evicted residents sleeping outside waiting for alternative accommodation
News | 8 October 2019
Protesters face off against police in Vrygrond
Residents call for an end to shack demolitions
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 7 October 2019
Inanda residents close off roads in protest at power outage
Problem caused by cable theft, says councillor
By Musa Binda
Brief | 7 October 2019
City lawyers tell activist organisation to stop helping 80-year-old man facing eviction
Eviction of Kenneth Blaine escalates ideological battle between local government and Reclaim the City
Feature | 7 October 2019
Wheelchair user Nonkululeko Dziweni has to wait for two people to take her to the toilet in a mall one kilometre away
Buffalo City mayor hears Mdantsane residents’ complaints
News | 4 October 2019
Occupiers of old age home prepare for another night outside
No court rulings yet on their fate
News | 3 October 2019
Old age home occupiers evicted
Residents spend the night on the street in Observatory
News | 3 October 2019
City of Cape Town refuses to respond to activist prank
Organisers of Monday’s zombie rally sent out a spoof press release that claimed the City had agreed to their demands
By Drew Wayland and Nathan Geffen
Brief | 3 October 2019
Unfinished RDP houses in Khayelitsha
No ceilings, toilet doors or gutters
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 October 2019