Housing
When can a landlord evict law-abiding tenants to renovate?
More than 50 tenants of a derelict building in Hillbrow have taken their landlord to the Constitutional Court
Law | 5 December 2018
Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land
“We are serious about decent and well-located affordable housing,” say protesters
By Aidan Jones
News | 4 December 2018
Residents of informal settlement block new housing project
Kanana families want to be housed on site
News | 4 December 2018
Court spells out to SANDF how it must accommodate Marievale residents
But application that the army is in contempt of a previous court order fails
News | 3 December 2018
Safe Space helping to reintegrate Cape Town’s homeless
“They can help you, but it’s entirely up to you if you want to change your life”
News | 3 December 2018
Bo-Kaap Youth Movement calls for “peaceful and positive” solution to development impasse
Leadership denies receiving any financial compensation from property developers
By Aidan Jones
News | 30 November 2018
Westville residents threaten further protests
Port Elizabeth informal settlement divided on relocation and development
News | 29 November 2018
Getty Mrawuli, 70, has been living in one room for most of her life
“I am still waiting for that house,” says Duncan Village resident
By Chris Gilili
News | 29 November 2018
Malmesbury residents march against high utility bills
“Two weeks before my husband gets paid, we have no food in the house.”
News | 23 November 2018