Housing
2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban
Lamontville has been battered by floods
News | 1 June 2025
Pensioner gets her house after government admits mistake
Free State housing department’s database incorrectly showed Maleroele Molato had received a house 15 years ago
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 May 2025
Durban hostels crumble but families have nowhere else to go
Thousands of people live in Lamontville’s apartheid-era hostels
Photo Essay | 26 May 2025
City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement
Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water
Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 May 2025
Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions
They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community
By Iva Fulepu
News | 23 May 2025
Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed
Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units
News | 22 May 2025
Two people die during Soweto hostel protest
Anger over the dilapidated hostel has been simmering for years
Brief | 19 May 2025
Residents of emergency housing in Durban protest against eviction
Province says they earn too much to qualify to stay, but they disagree
Brief | 14 May 2025