Housing
“I am left with this blanket and winter is coming”
Strand land occupiers who are staying in community halls say they have nowhere to go
Text by Velani Ludidi. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 14 May 2019
Rocks, teargas in Pietermaritzburg protest
Imbali residents fed up with electricity and sewerage failures
News | 13 May 2019
Gugulethu backyarders make community hall their home
Occupiers hope to benefit from new housing project, but it’s not certain they will
News | 13 May 2019
Langa’s dirty hostels have not improved in 20 years, say residents
But City has plan to upgrade them, says councillor
News | 13 May 2019
Tamboville residents shutdown community over delayed housing project
Shacks were demolished over a month ago to make way for houses. Now those who lost their homes want to know why there hasn’t been progress
Brief | 10 May 2019
If this is freedom then I don’t want it, says 80-year-old Flagstaff granny
No IDs, so no social grants: family survives off grandmother’s pension
News | 10 May 2019
100-year-old man gets R10,000 donation after GroundUp story
“Now we will not go hungry anymore”
Brief | 9 May 2019
We campaigned for the ANC as instructed, but we never got the promised houses, say East London families
Braelyn residents have been trying to get housing since 2013
News | 7 May 2019
Tembisa land occupiers win court case against municipality
Each occupier will receive R1,500 in damages
By Zoë Postman
Law | 7 May 2019