Housing
“The black poor majority on farms are feeling the rot of this system”
Farm workers and farm dwellers protest to demand rural reforms
News | 12 July 2019
Abahlali leader blames government for baby’s death
Sbu Zikode says that Khwezi Mlingo would have survived if Cato Manor’s shacks had water and electricity
By Musa Binda
Brief | 12 July 2019
PE residents stop street works to demand jobs
Municipality condemns disruption of service
Brief | 12 July 2019
Makhuluplaas farm labour tenants forgotten since 1991
“They have been on the land the longest and they still don’t have flushing toilets”
By Zoë Postman
News | 12 July 2019
GROUNDVIEW: Cape Town property deal needs independent investigation
Growthpoint’s explanation for Foreshore property sale is unconvincing, but the City has the hardest questions to answer
GroundView | 11 July 2019
Police and developers blame each other for unlawful eviction
Land occupiers in Mayfield intend to bring contempt of court action
By Zoë Postman
News | 10 July 2019
“They don’t want the world to know we exist” says Olympic Park resident
Residents of an informal settlement opposite Maitland Cemetery believe the City has neglected them
News | 10 July 2019
Mother’s daily battle to get her four children to school 40km away
“I want my children to get an education and not end up as waste pickers like myself,” says Zodwa Malatji
News | 9 July 2019
No shelters for Johannesburg’s homeless
City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 July 2019