A Nomzamo ward councillor told the ministerial inquiry into the Lwandle evictions how he cautioned a group of backyarders, who were tired of “unfulfilled promises” by the City of Cape Town, against settling on land owned by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL).
Barbara Maregele
News | 22 July 2014
The Masiphumele informal settlement in Fish Hoek was flooded on Thursday by heavy rains.
Zintle Swana
News | 21 July 2014
Some Lwandle residents have accused Ses’khona and ANC city councillor JJ Maxheke of keeping food and other disaster relief material supplied by the City of Cape Town for Ses’khona members.
Pharie Sefali and Alide Dasnois
News | 17 July 2014
Last Wednesday, Langa erupted into massive protest that locked down the area with no way in or out of the township. To many, it seemed like the anger came from nowhere – yet frustration has been simmering here for months if not years.
Jared Sacks
Opinion | 17 July 2014
An eye-witness to the eviction of hundreds of Nomzamo residents in June described the “chaotic” scene to the ministerial inquiry this morning.
Barbara Maregele
News | 15 July 2014
The ministerial inquiry into the eviction of hundreds of informal settlement residents in Nomzamo near Lwandle Strand began today.
Barbara Maregele
News | 14 July 2014
Langa residents protested yesterday, demanding new houses. Several shops were looted, roads were closed and police used teargas and fired rubber bullets. Armand Hough took several dramatic photographs.
Armand Hough
News | 10 July 2014
Langa residents protested yesterday, demanding new houses. Several shops were looted, roads were closed and police used teargas and fired rubber bullets. Armand Hough took several dramatic photographs.
Armand Hough
News | 10 July 2014
Hundreds of Langa residents took to the streets today to demand new houses. Several shops were looted, roads were closed and police used teargas and fired rubber bullets.
Zintle Swana and Thembela Ntongana
News | 9 July 2014
Lwandle residents evicted from Sanral land a month ago are still waiting to get new homes - and to get their belongings back.
Pharie Sefali
News | 8 July 2014
Huddled with her partner Johan in their cardboard and plastic shack behind the Belville market, Sanna Hartnick mixes brandy with Smirnoff Ice. The winter wind whirls and howls but little by little Sanna feels less cold and less stressed.
Shireen Mukadam
News | 2 July 2014
HIV-positive Zuziwe* from Nyanga is worried about how she is going to survive this winter because she says she doesn’t have enough food or blankets for her children.
Pharie Sefali
News | 1 July 2014
The situation in Macassar remains volatile following two days of violent protests. Residents have been protesting against relocation of Strand residents who were evicted from Sanral land earlier in the month.The mayor has promised to meet with community leaders tonight, 7pm, 26 June.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 26 June 2014
Shackdwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo plans to take legal action after the forcible eviction at the weekend of residents of two informal settlements near Durban.
Michelle Korte
News | 24 June 2014
“I doubt that I will get my house while I am still alive”, says wheelchair-bound Mbuyiselo Vena who has been on a waiting list for a house since 1992. But the City of Cape Town says Vena no longer wants his house built via the Iqhayiyalethu project, and that he needs to join a different housing project.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 19 June 2014
The house demolitions and evictions that took place in Strand last week highlighted the class and race fractures that run through our country.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 12 June 2014