Housing
Masiphumelele fire leaves over 1,000 homeless
One person killed, but body burnt so badly that their sex cannot be determined
News | 29 July 2019
Ten families living in the open after 35 households evicted in Nigel
Elderly widow evicted from her home of 35 years
News | 29 July 2019
Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has released a series of reports on informal settlements
Brief | 29 July 2019
Residents of apartheid-era shack town still have no electricity or toilets
“Government has chosen to forget us”
News | 26 July 2019
Police raid Woodstock Hospital, arrest 40 people and release them
Residents allege they were dealt with violently and the police had no warrant
News | 25 July 2019
People flock to live at Pietermaritzburg dump site
“This has become a home for many of us”
News | 25 July 2019
Short of money and desperate, Khayelitsha residents start land occupation
“Sometimes we sleep on empty stomachs because we have no food”
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 July 2019
“We don’t grow plants, we grow people”
Streetscapes’ urban gardens offer people living on the streets a way to reintegrate with society
News | 24 July 2019
Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations
Human Settlements MEC briefs South African Human Rights Commission after protests in Alexandra
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 23 July 2019