Housing
Social housing: what if we can’t pay the rent, ask Salt River families
Pine Road residents worried about City plan
News | 2 August 2018
Guard murdered for protecting RDP houses from thieves
Tshutsha Daniso was shot dead trying to prevent buildings in Mfuleni from being stripped while they are being built
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 31 July 2018
Why Woodstock Hospital has become a home for hundreds
“Legal or not, it is home. And it is a lot better than where I come from.”
News | 31 July 2018
Shack fire victims “dumped” at church
Eight families have been sharing a one-room shack for three weeks after fire destroyed their homes
Brief | 30 July 2018
Obs locals protest for open public space
Residents worried about encroaching development
By Aidan Jones
News | 28 July 2018
Room with a view: Occupiers explain why they have moved into a dilapidated Waterfront property
Living closer to the city has made life much easier
Feature | 26 July 2018
“I am a mother to myself, my siblings and also to our father”
Minor children care for their paralysed father in one-room shack
By Chris Gilili
News | 26 July 2018
East London’s hostels left to crumble
“It’s been years really since we fixed them, but it will happen soon,” says councillor
By Chris Gilili
News | 26 July 2018
Masiphumelele residents frustrated after De Lille visit
Residents say mayoral pop-up office left housing questions unanswered
News | 25 July 2018