Housing
“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident
Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015
News | 24 June 2019
Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Judge says roadside May family are “authors of their own fate”
Courts make inhumane decisions based on legal facts and are not in touch with our people on the ground, says farm workers’ rights organiser
News | 21 June 2019
Alexandra residents protest in Sandton over state of township
“We want to burn our tyres here so that these streets can look like the streets of Alexandra”
By Zoë Postman
News | 19 June 2019
Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back
Plans for luxury apartment block put on hold
News | 18 June 2019
Mdantsane residents close down ANC ward councillor’s office
Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca laughs off allegations that she is involved in dodgy housing deals
By Lisekho Madikane and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 18 June 2019
A year after Hermanus unrest, land occupation unresolved
Residents occupying private land in Schulphoek to oppose eviction in court on Tuesday
News | 17 June 2019
Shack dwellers’ homes demolished and possessions burnt
Land occupiers to take eThekwini Municipality to court for “criminal” act
By Musa Binda
Brief | 14 June 2019
Mother gave up her sick child because she lives in a shack without services
Nomaphelo Nomala says her only wish in life is to have her four-year-old daughter live with her
News | 14 June 2019