Housing
Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages
State Attorney to take steps to evict them
News | 3 April 2025
Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito
KwaDukuza Municipality says the land is earmarked for a school and clinic, but occupiers say they can’t move away from job opportunities
News | 3 April 2025
R750-million budget change hits housing developments in three provinces
Western Cape, Gauteng and Free State are challenging national government’s decision to cut their funds and reallocate them
By Daniel Steyn and Sandiso Phaliso
News | 2 April 2025
Eviction must not make immigrants homeless, says court
High Court rules against eviction of people occupying old Circus School premises in Cape Town
Law | 2 April 2025
Fed up with promises of housing: Langa residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre
Some of the protesters still live in apartheid era hostels
Brief | 28 March 2025
Former Woodstock Hospital can be developed without displacing its occupiers
City of Cape Town should work with and not against the building’s residents, say urban researchers
By Suraya Scheba and Andreas Scheba
Opinion | 28 March 2025
Hundreds march to Johannesburg mayor’s office demanding houses
Many say they have been waiting 30 years for government housing
Brief | 27 March 2025
City of Cape Town proposes affordable housing on prime Green Point site
The land value of the site ranks “among the highest in the southern hemisphere”
By Matthew Hirsch and Steve Kretzmann
News | 27 March 2025
Kariega protesters demand to see mayor, boo ward councillor
Informal settlement residents blocked the R344 on Wednesday, demanding better services
Brief | 12 March 2025