Housing
Durban shack dwellers dispute legality of repeated demolitions
Cato Manor occupiers say their homes were not unfinished nor left vacant, contradicting municipality’s claims
By Musa Binda
News | 12 June 2019
Homeless but living in a community hall
Hangberg shack fire victims say they should be given houses
News | 11 June 2019
Two years after fire, Hout Bay residents are crammed in disused buildings
City blames ongoing court case for delays in re-establishing settlement in Imizamo Yethu
News | 10 June 2019
How Wynberg court is evading public scrutiny
Magistrates are ignoring Constitutional Court judgment
By Tessa Eidelman, Shaun Russell, Deena Bosch, Lumumba Chia and Ashura Easton
Opinion | 10 June 2019
City of Cape Town demolishes “illegal” roadside stalls
Councillor says stall users intended to occupy land
Brief | 10 June 2019
Mixed reaction to City’s Parow revamp proposals
Some residents don’t want affordable housing in the area, but activists support it
News | 6 June 2019
Shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive after demolitions
Protesters claim shacks were occupied
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 4 June 2019
Housing activists ask court to uphold right to protest
Reclaim the City contests interdict against occupation of property in centre of Cape Town
Brief | 4 June 2019