Housing
District Six families must wait at least three more years to return
Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses
By Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 6 May 2025
Langa families were moved to a “temporary” area in 2002. They are still there
Their living conditions are dire
News | 29 April 2025
Families who were moved for the 2010 World Cup are still living in their “transit camp”
Residents of KwaDabeka camp implore the eThekwini municipality to hear their pleas
Brief | 29 April 2025
Major legal battle looms over Stellenbosch luxury estate
Botmaskop developer says it has complied with statutory requirements
By John Yeld
News | 23 April 2025
Blaauwberg residents locked in battle over dune development
Ecologically sensitive land is at risk, and some of those who oppose the project say their input has not been taken into account
News | 23 April 2025
Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate
Botsmaskop development stopped, pending a full court review
By John Yeld
News | 17 April 2025
Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance
Knoflokskraal has a restaurant, nursery, livestock farming and vegetable gardens, but little water
By Liezl Human
News | 16 April 2025
Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street
People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions
Opinion | 15 April 2025
Pensioner who was allocated an RDP house 15 years ago still lives in a mud hut
Free State Department of Human Settlements has promised to help the 75-year-old from Naledi village in Qwaqwa get a house
By Tladi Moloi
News | 11 April 2025