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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
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