Housing
How expropriation without compensation works in Alexandra
A xenophobic mob is kicking people out of their homes
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 30 May 2019
Residents want City to speed up housing plans in Strand
Evicted land occupiers have been staying in community halls, which means many social grant recipients have had to spend much more money on transport to get their grants at alternative venues
Brief | 29 May 2019
Pietermaritzburg residents say mayor came to promise them housing before the elections - but he says he can’t remember going there
“They use us for votes and leave us with our problems” says resident
News | 28 May 2019
Seven Zimbabwean teenagers have been living under a tree for almost a year
“This municipal bin is our soup kitchen”
News | 27 May 2019
Law enforcement moves against Vrygrond land occupiers
Residents claim they were not shown court order before their shacks were demolished
Brief | 25 May 2019
Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions
“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”
By Zoë Postman
News | 24 May 2019
Cape Town’s hostels to be upgraded
Built to accommodate black working men under apartheid, many are in terrible condition
Brief | 23 May 2019
Dunoon land occupiers club together to pay for lawyer
Evicted eight times from private land
News | 22 May 2019