Housing
Gatvol Capetonian leaders take housing protest to the mayor
Several protests were held across the city on Thursday morning
By Ashraf Hendricks and Tariro Washinyira
News | 8 August 2019
Kensington backyarders to join shutdown protest on Thursday
“How many of you have been on the housing waiting list for more than 20 years?” Half the room raised their hands.
News | 7 August 2019
Evicted families in Nigel moved to dilapidated church
The building is without roof, doors, windows, electricity and sanitation
News | 7 August 2019
Woodstock Hospital occupiers protest in Civic Centre
City of Cape Town considering buying occupied Woodstock Hospital from Province, says mayor
Brief | 7 August 2019
New round of demolitions in Cato Manor
Shack dwellers say their belongings were torched, leaving them destitute
By Musa Binda
Brief | 5 August 2019
Heideveld residents say their RDP houses are shoddily built
Homes are leaking and walls are cracked, they claim
Brief | 1 August 2019
Three children die in Durban fire
“I left them sleeping when I went to work”
By Musa Binda
Brief | 31 July 2019
Company leaves R164 million housing project unfinished
No houses for some, unfinished houses for others in Mdantsane RDP project
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and GroundUp Staff
News | 30 July 2019
After 25 years of waiting for government, Ncwadi erupts in protests
“Now that we are doing what other communities are doing, police shoot at us. Protesting is the last option but we had no choice.”
News | 30 July 2019